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29-letter words containing m, e, n, s, t, r

  • to think the world of someone — If you think the world of someone, you like them or care about them very much.
  • to thumb your nose at someone — If you thumb your nose at someone, you behave in a way that shows that you do not care what they think.
  • to wash your hands of someone — If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them.
  • training opportunities scheme — a former government scheme offering vocational training to unemployed people
  • two wrongs don't make a right — If someone says 'Two wrongs don't make a right', they mean that you should not do harm to a person who has done harm to you, even if you think that person deserves it.
  • united kingdom unionist party — a political party (1995–2008), based in Northern Ireland: it was non-sectarian but opposed to a united Ireland
  • united states customs service — the division of the Department of the Treasury that collects customs and enforces laws dealing with smuggling.
  • vrije universiteit, amsterdam — (education, body)   The "Free University of Amsterdam", founded in 1880 by Abraham Kuyper (who later became Prime Minister of The Netherlands). Originally only open to Reformed Christians, it is now open to all. Not to be confused with the much older Universiteit van Amsterdam.
  • wide area information servers — (networking, information science)   (WAIS) A distributed information retrieval system. WAIS is supported by Apple Computer, Thinking Machines and Dow Jones. Clients are able to retrieve documents using keywords. The search returns a list of documents, ranked according to the frequency of occurrence of the keyword(s) used in the search. The client can retrieve text or multimedia documents stored on the server. WAIS offers simple natural language input, indexed searching for fast retrieval, and a "relevance feedback" mechanism which allows the results of initial searches to influence future searches. It uses the ANSI Z39.50 service. Public domain implementations are available. Other information retrieval systems include archie, Gopher, Prospero, and web.
  • women's liberation (movement) — the women's movement begun in the mid-20th cent.
  • works progress administration — WPA.
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