26-letter words containing m, o, i, r, a
- take someone's word for it — to accept or believe what someone says
- take something for granted — If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
- terminal access controller — (hardware, networking) (TAC) A device which connects terminals to the Internet, usually using dial-up modem connections and the TACACS protocol.
- the consumers' association — a British organization which assesses and reports on new products and defends consumers' rights
- the liberal democrat party — a political party in Britain which was formed from a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party
- the single european market — the free trade policy that operates between members of the European Union
- thematic apperception test — a projective technique in which stories told by a subject about each of a series of pictures are assumed to reveal dominant needs or motivations. Abbreviation: TAT.
- three-dimensional printing — the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file
- throw a monkey wrench into — to disrupt the orderly functioning or realization of
- to be made public property — to become known to everyone
- to bring something to bear — If you bring something to bear on a situation, you use it to deal with that situation.
- to call something your own — If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.
- to come to a grinding halt — If you say that something comes to a grinding halt, you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.
- to lay a finger on someone — If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all.
- to set alarm bells ringing — to make someone feel worried or concerned about something
- to treat someone like dirt — If you say that someone treats you like dirt, you are angry with them because you think that they treat you unfairly and with no respect.
- topological transformation — homeomorphism (def 2).
- tourist information office — an office that supplies information to people who are visiting an area for pleasure or interest, for example advice on things to see, accommodation, etc
- transformational component — a set of transformational rules that convert the deep structure of sentences into their surface structures
- traveling salesman problem — any mathematical problem that involves determination of the shortest path through several points.
- triple combination therapy — treatment with three different drugs
- turn something on its head — to treat or present something in a completely new and different way
- udmurt autonomous republic — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 16,250 sq. mi. (42,088 sq. km). Capital: Izhevsk.
- united states marine corps — Marine Corps. Abbreviation: USMC.
- universal communications x — (communications) (UCX) A software implementation of the ubiquitous TCP/IP suite of communications protocols for Digital Equipment Corporation's OpenVMS operating system. Users of the UCX product can connect to heterogeneous networks to access and download files, send electronic mail, run and develop applications, and monitor activity.
- universal time coordinated — incorrect term for coordinated universal time.
- upper side-band modulation — (communications) (USB) A kind of modulation applied to a sinusoidal carrier.
- vibrational quantum number — Physics. any one of the quantum numbers describing the energy levels associated with the vibrational motion of molecules.
- victoria and albert museum — a museum of the fine and applied arts in London, originating from 1856 and given its present name and site in 1899
- what someone is driving at — If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.