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27-letter words containing h, a, l, e, u

  • to rear/raise its ugly head — If you say that something unpleasant or embarrassing rears its ugly head or raises its ugly head, you mean that it occurs, often after not occurring for some time.
  • to rule sb with a high hand — to behave imperiously towards someone
  • to the best of your ability — as well as you can
  • virtual machine environment — (operating system)   (VME) ICL's mainframe operating system.
  • what you see is all you get — (jargon)   (WYSIAYG) /wiz'ee-ayg/ Describes a user interface under which "What You See Is *All* You Get"; an unhappy variant of WYSIWYG. Visual, "point-and-drool interfaces" are easy to learn but often lack depth; they often frustrate advanced users who would be better served by a command-style interface. When this happens, the frustrated user has a WYSIAYG problem. This term is most often used of editors, word processors, and document formatting programs. WYSIWYG "desktop publishing" programs, for example, are a clear win for creating small documents with lots of fonts and graphics in them, especially things like newsletters and presentation slides. When typesetting book-length manuscripts, on the other hand, scale changes the nature of the task; one quickly runs into WYSIAYG limitations, and the increased power and flexibility of a command-driven formatter like TeX or Unix's troff becomes not just desirable but a necessity. Compare YAFIYGI.
  • while-you-wait heel repairs — repairs to damaged heels of footwear, carried out while the customer waits
  • yeoman of the (royal) guard — a member of a ceremonial guard for the British royal family, made up traditionally of 100 men
  • you wouldn't/won't catch me — You can say things such as 'You wouldn't catch me doing that' to emphasize that you would never do a particular thing.
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