20-letter words containing i, s, l, e, t, o

diskless workstation — (computer, networking) A personal computer or workstation which has neither a hard disk nor floppy disk drive and which performs all file access via a local area network connection to a file server. The lowest level bootstrap code is stored in non-volatile storage. This uses a simple protocol such as BOOTP to request and download more sophisticated boot code and eventually, the operating system. The archtypal product was the 3Station developed by Bob Metcalfe at 3Com. Another example was the Sun 3/50. Diskless workstations are ideal when many users are running the same application. They are small, quiet, more reliable than products with disks, and help prevent both the theft of data and the introduction of viruses since the software and data available on them is controlled by the network administrator or system administrator. They do however rely on a server which becomes a disadvantage if it is heavily loaded or down. See also breath-of-life packet.
displacement tonnage — the number of long tons of water displaced by a vessel, light or load displacement being specified.
distribution channel — trade: retailer
domestic heating oil — a liquid petroleum product used to fuel residential building furnaces or boilers
double decomposition — a reaction whose result is the interchange of two parts of two substances to form two new substances, as AgNO 3 + NaCl → AgCl + NaNO 3 .
ecclesiastical court — a church court in ecclesiastical matters, presided over by members of the clergy and usually having no compulsory jurisdiction.
economic rationalism — an economic policy based on the efficiency of market forces, characterized by minimal government intervention, tax cuts, privatization, and deregulation of labour markets
eight queens problem — eight queens puzzle
electoral boundaries — the way that a country or area is divided for the purposes of voting in an election
electrohydrodynamics — (physics) the study of the dynamics of electrically conducting fluid.
electromotive series — a series of the metals, together with hydrogen, ranged in the order of their electrode potentials
electronic signature — electronic proof of a person's identity
electrophysiological — Of or pertaining to electrophysiology.
employee association — an organization, other than a trade union, whose members comprise employees of a single employing organization. The aims of the association may be social, recreational, or professional
employer's liability — an employer's legal responsibility to pay damages to an employee who has been injured or who has contracted an illness because of the work he or she does
enabling legislation — legislation conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
endorsement in blank — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
entry qualifications — the qualifications people wishing to enter an organization, university, etc, have to have
epitaxial transistor — a transistor made by depositing a thin pure layer of semiconductor material (epitaxial layer) onto a crystalline support by epitaxy. The layer acts as one of the electrode regions, usually the collector
equilibrium constant — The equilibrium constant is the ratio between the amount of reactants and the amount of product for a particular chemical reaction, used to calculate chemical behavior.
essential amino acid — an amino acid that cannot be synthesized in the body and is thus an essential component of the diet
essential complexity — (programming) A measure of the "structuredness" of a program.
estrela mountain dog — a sturdy well-built dog of a Portuguese breed with a long thick coat and a thick tuft of hair round the neck, often used as a guard dog
exclusive or circuit — a computer logic circuit having two or more input wires and one output wire and giving a high-voltage output signal if a low-voltage signal is fed to one or more, but not all, of the input wires
extensional equality — (Or extensionality). Functions, f and g are extensionally equal if and only if f x = g x for all x. where "=" means both expressions fail to terminate (under some given reduction strategy) or they both terminate with the same basic value. Two functions may be extensionally equal but not inter-convertible (neither is reducible to the other). E.g. \ x . x+x and \ x . 2*x. See also observational equivalence, referential transparency.
external respiration — exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide across external or respiratory surfaces, as gills or lungs, in multicellular organisms
federal constitution — Constitution of the United States.
fight for one's life — Someone who is fighting for their life is making a great effort to stay alive, either when they are being physically attacked or when they are very ill.
file descriptor leak — (programming) (Or "fd leak" /F D leek/) A kind of programming bug analogous to a core leak, in which a program fails to close file descriptors ("fd"s) after file operations are completed, and thus eventually runs out of them. See leak.
first earl of cromer — 1st Earl of, Evelyn Baring.
first world problems — If you say that someone has First World problems, you mean that their problems are not really very important.
five-a-side football — a version of soccer with five players in each team
five-elements school — Yin-Yang School.
fontainebleau school — a group of artists, many of them Italian and Flemish, who worked on the decorations of the palace of Fontainebleau in the 16th century.
for all one is worth — good or important enough to justify (what is specified): advice worth taking; a place worth visiting.
for sb's delectation — If you do something for someone's delectation, you do it to give them enjoyment or pleasure.
fore-and-aft topsail — gaff topsail (def 1).
fridtjof nansen land — Franz Josef Land.
general postal union — former name of Universal Postal Union. Abbreviation: GPU.
geological timescale — any division of geological time into chronological units, whether relative (with units in the correct temporal sequence) or absolute (with numerical ages attached)
glucosamine sulphate — a compound used in some herbal remedies and dietary supplements, esp to strengthen joint cartilage
go like the clappers — to move extremely fast
graphics accelerator — (graphics, hardware) Hardware (often an extra circuit board) to perform tasks such as plotting lines and surfaces in two or three dimensions, filling, shading and hidden line removal.
greek-letter society — any student fraternity or sorority in a US university or college, usually using Greek letters in their title
guided visualization — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
he's no oil painting — he is not good-looking
health questionnaire — A health questionnaire is a list of questions about someone's health issued by underwriters before accepting a person as a risk.
heston and isleworth — a former borough, now part of Hounslow, in SE England, near London.
heteropolysaccharide — (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide formed from two or more different kinds of monosaccharide.
holy water sprinkler — morning star (def 2).

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