21-letter words containing i, s, o, t, n

give someone the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
go (in) to bat for sb — If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
gobject introspection — (programming) A GNOME project that defines a syntax for introspection annotation pragmas to be used in the GObject library source code. Rather than actual introspection, these are intended to allow automatic generation of bindings (APIs) to expose the library to higher-level languages. The sort of information provided is the type and direction (in, out, inout) of function parameters and the responsibility for freeing memory used by data structures.
gold bullion standard — a gold standard in which gold is not coined but may be purchased at a fixed price for foreign exchange.
government securities — securities issued by the US Government
great smoky mountains — the W part of the Appalachians, in W North Carolina and E Tennessee. Highest peak: Clingman's Dome, 2024 m (6642 ft)
greenwich observatory — the national astronomical observatory of Great Britain, housed in a castle in E Sussex; formerly located at Greenwich.
have one's hands tied — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
help a person on with — to assist a person in the putting on of (clothes)
highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
homogeneous catalysis — Homogeneous catalysis is catalysis in which the catalyst takes part in the reaction that it increases.
homolosine projection — an equal-area projection of the world, distorting ocean areas in order to minimize the distortion of the continents.
horizontal stabilizer — the horizontal surface, usually fixed, of an aircraft empennage, to which the elevator is hinged.
host command facility — (operating system) (HCF) Used to access IBM S/36 and AS/400 computers from a mainframe.
house of prostitution — a brothel.
hubble classification — a method of classifying galaxies depending on whether they are elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, or irregular
humanistic psychology — an approach to psychology that emphasizes emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others
hyperkinetic disorder — another name for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
ibm customer engineer — (job) (CE) A hardware guy from IBM.
identical proposition — a proposition in which the subject and predicate have the same meaning, as, “That which is mortal is not immortal.”.
identification papers — documents that serve to establish someone's identity
immediate constituent — one of the usually two largest constituents of a construction: The immediate constituents of He ate his dinner are he and ate his dinner; of ate his dinner are ate and his dinner; etc. Abbreviation: IC.
immunoelectrophoresis — a technique for the separation and identification of mixtures of proteins, consisting of electrophoresis followed by immunodiffusion.
immunohistochemically — By means of or in regard to immunohistochemistry.
in (or out of) phase — in (or not in) a state of exactly parallel movements, oscillations, etc.; in (or not in) synchronization
in a class of its own — unequalled; unparalleled
in a state of undress — If someone is in a state of undress, they do not have all their clothes on.
in bad/good/etc taste — If you say that something that is said or done is in bad taste or in poor taste, you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good taste, you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation.
in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
in more ways than one — You say in more ways than one to indicate that what you have said is intended to have more than one meaning.
in no uncertain terms — If you say that someone tells a person something in no uncertain terms, you are emphasizing that they say it strongly and clearly so that there is no doubt about what they mean.
in one's shirtsleeves — not wearing a jacket
in phase/out of phase — If two things are out of phase with each other, they are not working or happening together as they should. If two things are in phase, they are working or occurring together as they should.
in someone's judgment — in someone's opinion
in stock/out of stock — If goods are in stock, a shop has them available to sell. If they are out of stock, it does not.
in the course of time — eventually
inclusive disjunction — See under disjunction (def 2a).
indicated horse-power — the horsepower of a reciprocating engine as shown by an indicator record. Abbreviation: ihp, IHP.
indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
indo-australian plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising India and the Australian continent and adjacent suboceanic basins (the Tasman, South Australian, Mid-Indian, Cocos, and Australian basins); separated from the Eurasian Plate by the Java Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the Tonga-Kermadec Trench, and from the African Plate by a series of mid-ocean ridges (the Carlsberg, Mid-Indian, and Southeast Indian ridges).
induction loop system — a system enabling partially deaf people to hear dialogue and sound in theatres, cinemas, etc, consisting of a loop of wire placed round the perimeter of a designated area. This emits an electromagnetic signal which is picked up by a hearing aid
industrial misconduct — behaviour by an employee that is considered to be negligent or irregular to such an extent that disciplinary action may be taken, usually by agreement between management and the employee's representatives
industrial psychology — the application of psychological principles and techniques to business and industrial problems, as in the selection of personnel or development of training programs.
industrial revolution — (sometimes initial capital letters) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
infectious ectromelia — ectromelia (def 2).
inflationary universe — a version of the big bang theory in which the universe underwent very rapid growth during the first fraction of a second before it settled down to its current rate of expansion.
information scientist — someone who works in information science
innateness hypothesis — the theory that humans are biologically equipped with a knowledge of certain universal elements of language structure that is brought into play in the course of native-language acquisition.
input-output analysis — an analysis of production relationships between the industries of an economy involving a study of each industry's inputs and outputs, esp as used in social accounting

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