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24-letter words containing h, e, m, l, o

  • portable scheme debugger — (PSD) A package for source code debugging of R4RS-compliant Scheme under GNU Emacs by Kellom ?ki Pertti <[email protected]>. Version 1.1. Distributed under GNU GPL. It works with scm, Elk and Scheme->C.
  • rational-emotive therapy — a form of therapy in which a patient is asked to reject irrational attitudes and assumptions in order to deal effectively with stressful situations.
  • research and development — the part of a commercial company's activity concerned with applying the results of scientific research to develop new products and improve existing ones
  • set the wheels in motion — If someone sets the wheels in motion, they take the necessary action to make something start happening.
  • the department of health — a department of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with governmental policy relating to health in England but not elsewhere in the United Kingdom
  • the last of the mohicans — a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • the long-term unemployed — people who have no job and have not worked for a long time
  • the realm of possibility — If you say that something is not beyond the realms of possibility, you mean that it is possible.
  • the whole shooting match — everything; the whole lot
  • thermal neutron analyzer — a baggage-screening device that detects explosives by using low-energy neutrons to sense gamma radiation.
  • to burn the midnight oil — If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
  • to lay something to rest — If you lay something such as fears or rumours to rest or if you put them to rest, you succeed in proving that they are not true.
  • until the cows come home — the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
  • virtual home environment — (VHE) A tool for using NFS on HP UX.
  • voluntary aid detachment — (in World War I) an organization of British women volunteers who assisted in military hospitals and ambulance duties
  • work/go/run like a charm — If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.
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