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26-letter words containing l, e, n, s, h, o

  • a blot on one's escutcheon — a stain on one's honor; disgrace to one's reputation
  • a different kettle of fish — If you say that something is a different kettle of fish, you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about.
  • a skeleton in the cupboard — If you say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, or in British English a skeleton in the cupboard, you mean that they are keeping secret a bad or embarrassing fact about themselves.
  • adzhar autonomous republic — an administrative division of SW Georgia, on the Black Sea: part of Turkey from the 17th century until 1878; mostly mountainous, reaching 2805 m (9350 ft), with a subtropical coastal strip. Capital: Batumi. Pop: 376 016 (2002). Area: 3000 sq km (1160 sq miles)
  • all the world and his wife — a large group of people of various kinds
  • allied health professional — a person who works in the allied health professions
  • asynchronous balanced mode — (protocol)   A communication mode of HDLC and derivative protocols, supporting peer-oriented point-to-point communications between two nodes, where either node can initiate transmission.
  • atmospheric boundary layer — the thin layer of air adjacent to the earth's surface, usually considered to be less than 300 feet (91 meters) high.
  • australopithecus afarensis — an extinct species of early hominid whose fossil remains were discovered in Ethiopia and have been dated at between 3.5 and 4 million years of age.
  • australopithecus africanus — an extinct species of gracile hominid, formerly known as Plesianthropus transvaalensis, that lived in southern Africa about three million years ago.
  • bachelor of science degree — a degree conferred on a person who has successfully completed his or her undergraduate studies in a branch of the sciences
  • be a lightning rod for sth — If you say that someone is a lightning rod for something, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves.
  • bells, whistles, and gongs — A standard elaborated form of bells and whistles; typically said with a pronounced and ironic accent on the "gongs".
  • below-the-line advertising — the use of sales promotions, direct marketing, in-store exhibitions and displays, trade shows, sponsorship and merchandising that do not involve an advertising agency
  • blue cross and blue shield — a nonprofit organization that offers its members health insurance covering hospitalization, surgical, and medical expenses.
  • boris nikolayevich bugayev — Boris Nikolayevich [bawr-is nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˌbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Bely, Andrei.
  • btrieve technologies, inc. — (company, database)   /bee-treev/ (BTI) A provider of client-server database engines. BTI was founded by former Novell, Inc. employees, including the original developers of the Btrieve database engine. BTI acquired the database product line from Novell in April, 1994. Address: Austin, Texas, USA.
  • chief inspector of schools — a high-ranking official of the British government who is responsible for overseeing the quality of education
  • codd's reduction algorithm — (database)   An algorithm to convert an arbitrary expression of the relational calculus to an equivalent expression of the relational algebra. This can be used as the basis of an implementation of the relational calculus.
  • consolidated balance sheet — a statement that shows the financial position of a parent company and its subsidiary companies at a specified date by listing the asset balances and the claims on such assets
  • distinguished flying cross — Military. a decoration awarded for heroic or extraordinary achievement while on aerial duty.
  • electronic piece of cheese — EPOC
  • enhanced capabilities port — (hardware)   (ECP) The most common parallel printer interface on current (1997) IBM PC compatibles. Enhanced Capabilities Port is defined in standard IEEE 1284. It is bi-directional and faster than earlier parallel ports. Not to be confused with Extended Capabilities Port.
  • first-class honours degree — an honours degree of the highest class
  • gastroesophageal sphincter — a ring of smooth muscle fibers connecting the esophagus and stomach.
  • geotechnical investigation — Geotechnical investigation is a process in which the physical qualities of a site are evaluated in order to determine if the site is suitable and safe for the proposed purpose.
  • go to hell in a handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
  • grammar-translation method — a traditional technique of foreign-language teaching based on explicit instruction in the grammatical analysis of the target language and translation of sentences from the native language into the target language and vice versa.
  • hanging gardens of babylon — ornamental gardens planted on the terraces of the ziggurats of ancient Babylon.
  • hardware abstraction layer — (operating system)   (HAL) The layer of Microsoft Windows NT where they have isolated their assembly language code.
  • have had one's fill of sth — If you have had your fill of something, you have had enough of it, and do not want to experience it any more or do it any more.
  • have someone over a barrel — If someone has you over a barrel, they have put you in a difficult situation where you have little choice but to do what they want you to do.
  • have something on the ball — to have ability
  • head normalisation theorem — Under the typed lambda-calculus, beta/delta reduction of the left-most redex (normal order reduction) is guaranteed to terminate with a head normal form if one exists. See also Church-Rosser theorem.
  • healing by first intention — an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
  • heard and mcdonald islands — a group of islands in the S Indian Ocean: an external territory of Australia from 1947. Area: 412 sq km (159 sq miles)
  • high definition television — a television system having twice the standard number of scanning lines per frame and producing a sharper image, and greater picture detail. Abbreviation: HDTV.
  • high-definition television — a television system having twice the standard number of scanning lines per frame and producing a sharper image, and greater picture detail. Abbreviation: HDTV.
  • histocompatibility antigen — any antigen on the surface of tissue or blood cells that provokes the immune response and subsequent rejection when transplanted to an individual of a different antigenic type, thus determining whether the tissues or organs of a donor and recipient are histocompatible.
  • horse of a different color — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
  • how many nibbles in a byte — (data)   There are two nibbles in a byte.
  • hydrogenated glucose syrup — a syrup produced by the incomplete hydrolysis of starch followed by the hydrogenation of the glucose syrup, and used as a sweetener in confectionery, etc
  • international screw thread — a metric system for screw threads relating the pitch to the diameter
  • keep one's eye on the ball — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • knights of the round table — a legendary order of knights created by King Arthur.
  • law of diminishing returns — diminishing returns (def 2).
  • lead someone a merry chase — to cause someone trouble by luring into a vain pursuit
  • make someone's flesh crawl — to give someone a feeling of fear or repugnance, as if insects were crawling on his or her skin
  • minister without portfolio — a minister of state who is not appointed to any specific department in a government.
  • mongolian hordes technique — (programming, jargon)   (Or "Chinese Army technique") Assigning a large number of inexperienced programmers to a job which would better performed by a few skilled ones. The term was first used by Dr. Fred Brooks in his book "The Mythical Man-Month", Chapter 3. According to Dr. Brooks, he had in mind the vision of the Mongol Hordes sweeping across Asia and Europe when he created the term.

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