22-letter words containing i, n, o, m

simultaneous equations — a set of two or more equations, each containing two or more variables whose values can simultaneously satisfy both or all the equations in the set, the number of variables being equal to or less than the number of equations in the set.
sing someone's praises — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
sir william blackstone — Sir William, 1723–80, English jurist and writer on law.
sleeping accommodation — place where people can sleep
slip something over on — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
small business edition — Microsoft Office Small Business Edition
social security number — A Social Security number is a nine digit number that is given to U.S. citizens and to people living in the U.S. You need it to get a job, collect Social Security benefits and receive some government services.
solid dose formulation — A solid dose formation is a hard tablet made by compressing medicine in a powder form.
solomon islands pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in the Solomon Islands and neighbouring islands
somatic nervous system — the section of the nervous system responsible for sensation and control of the skeletal muscles
someone's number is up — someone's time to die or suffer punishment has arrived
speckle interferometry — a photographic technique for clarifying the telescopic images of a star by taking short exposures of the electronic images of the star's speckle pattern and extrapolating properties of the starlight to create a more accurate composite image.
spherical trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry that deals with spherical triangles.
spontaneous combustion — the ignition of a substance or body from the rapid oxidation of its own constituents without heat from any external source.
st-pierre and miquelon — group of islands in the Atlantic, south of Newfoundland, constituting a political unit of France: includes the islands of St-Pierre (c. 10 sq mi, 26 sq km) & Miquelon & several islets: 93 sq mi (241 sq km); pop. 6,000
stand the test of time — last, endure
statute of limitations — a statute defining the period within which legal action may be taken.
statute of westminster — the act of Parliament (1931) that formally recognized the independence of the dominions within the Empire
structured programming — the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
sun microsystems, inc. — (company) One of the first, and now biggest, US computer manufacturers. They also manufacture in Europe. The Sun-2 and 3 series of workstations and servers were based on the Motorola 680x0 family of microprocessors and the Sun-4 series on the SPARC. Sun also produce their own version of Unix, originally called SunOS and now Solaris. Their Network File System has become the de facto standard for sharing files between Unix systems. Sun own MySQL AB. Sun was bought by Oracle Corporation on 2009-04-20. Quarterly sales $1403M, profits $78M (Aug 1994). Address: 2550 Garcia Ave., Mt. View, CA 94043 -1100 USA.
supplementary question — a question asked in Parliament by an MP during Questions to the Prime Minister
take something as read — to take something for granted as a fact; understand or presume
tell it to the marines — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
temporary life annuity — an annuity that ceases upon the death of the annuitant or upon the expiration of a period of time, whichever occurs first.
the continental system — Napoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe
the maritime provinces — another name for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada, but often excluding Newfoundland and Labrador
the medical profession — the occupation of working as a doctor of medicine
the merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
the mythical man-month — (publication) Fred Brooks's excellent 1975 book on software engineering. See also Brooks's Law.
the ouachita mountains — a mountain range in the United States, located in W Arkansas, S E Oklahoma, and N E Texas
the time of one's life — a memorably enjoyable time
the top of the morning — a morning greeting regarded as characteristic of Irishmen
there is no comparison — If you say there is no comparison between one thing and another, you mean that you think the first thing is much better than the second, or very different from it.
thermometric titration — titration in which the end point is determined by measuring the temperature of a solution.
thermonuclear reaction — a nuclear-fusion reaction that takes place between the nuclei of a gas, especially hydrogen, heated to a temperature of several million degrees.
thiamine-hydrochloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
to awaken to something — to become aware of something
to cast your mind back — If you cast your mind back to a time in the past, you think about what happened then.
to draw someone's fire — If you draw fire from someone, you cause them to shoot at you, for example because they think that you are threatening them.
to drop someone a line — If you drop someone a line, you write to them.
to hit someone for six — If someone or something is hit for six or knocked for six, they are very upset or badly affected by an experience or piece of news.
to twist someone's arm — If you twist someone's arm, you persuade them to do something.
to whom it may concern — salutation in a letter
transformational rules — rules that specify in purely syntactic terms a method by which theorems may be derived from the axioms of a formal system
transient program area — (operating system) (TPA) The region of memory CP/M set aside for user programs.
transition temperature — Physics. a temperature at which a substance undergoes some abrupt change in its properties, as when it passes from the normal to the superconducting state.
transposing instrument — a musical instrument played at a pitch different from that indicated in the score.
trichlorofluoromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
trifluorochloromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
trigonometric equation — an equation involving trigonometric functions of unknown angles, as cos B = ½.

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