26-letter words containing n, i, t, r, o, g

record management services — (operating system) (RMS) Procedures in the VMS operating system that programs call to process files and records within files. RMS allows programs to issue GET and PUT requests at the record level (record I/O) as well as read and write blocks (block I/O). VMS RMS is an integral part of the system software; its procedures run in executive mode.
remembrance of things past — a novel (1913–27) by Marcel Proust.
renegotiable-rate mortgage — a type of home mortgage for which monthly payments stay constant for a term, usually of three to five years, and the interest rate is renegotiated at the end of every such term until the loan is paid off. Abbreviation: RRM.
richthofen's flying circus — the German 11th Chasing Squadron of World War I, commanded by Baron Richthofen
sangre de cristo mountains — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Blanca Peak, 4364 m (14 317 ft)
santiago de los caballeros — a city in the N central Dominican Republic.
search engine optimization — the process of adjusting the content, structure, etc, of a website so that it will be displayed prominently by a search engine
serotonin receptor agonist — A serotonin receptor agonist is any compound that activates serotonin receptors when serotonin is not present.
simple algebraic extension — a simple extension in which the specified element is a root of an algebraic equation in the given field.
slip through one's fingers — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
software writer's language — (language) (SWL) /swil/ An industrial strength dialect of Pascal that allowed multiple source code files, originally developed at Control Data Corporation (CDC) prior to 1973. Development continued at the Integrated Systems Laboratory. SWL was adopted by NCR as its corporate operating system and compiler implementation language (1978-1982+). The NCR SWL dialect was renamed NCRL (NCR Language) in 1981 and continued development [until ?].
song of the three children — a book of the Apocrypha, included as part of the third chapter of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
stick to someone's fingers — to be stolen by someone
straight-line depreciation — Straight-line depreciation is a method of depreciation in which an equal amount of depreciation is taken each year.
string processing language — (language) (SPRING)
strong nuclear interaction — an interaction between elementary particles responsible for the forces between nucleons in the nucleus. It operates at distances less than about 10–15 metres, and is about a hundred times more powerful than the electromagnetic interaction
suit sb down to the ground — If you say that something such as a job or piece of clothing suits someone down to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them.
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.
textured vegetable protein — soya meat; a meat substitute that is made from soy flour
the single european market — the free trade policy that operates between members of the European Union
the writing is on the wall — If you say that the writing is on the wall, you mean that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant.
three-dimensional printing — the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file
to be a dead ringer for sb — a person who is very similar in appearance to someone else
to be on the receiving end — If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant, you are the person that it happens to.
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 get your fingers burned — If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake.
to get your house in order — If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
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 look on the bright side — If you look on the bright side, you try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of some advantages that could result from it, or thinking that it is not as bad as it could have been.
to pour scorn on something — If you pour scorn on someone or something or heap scorn on them, you say that you think they are stupid and worthless.
to set alarm bells ringing — to make someone feel worried or concerned about something
too big for one's breeches — Also called knee breeches. knee-length trousers, often having ornamental buckles or elaborate decoration at or near the bottoms, commonly worn by men and boys in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries.
topological transformation — homeomorphism (def 2).
traveling salesman problem — any mathematical problem that involves determination of the shortest path through several points.
turn something on its head — to treat or present something in a completely new and different way
very long instruction word — (language, architecture) (VLIW) Used to describe a machine code instruction set implemented using horizontal microcode. A horizontally encoded instruction word which encodes four or more operations might be considered "very long". VLIW architectures are sometimes classified as a type of static superscalar architecture. They are static in the sense that which units operate in parallel is determined by the instruction rather than by dynamic scheduling at run time. Producing code for VLIW machines is difficult; trace scheduling is a helpful compiler technique. The most famous VLIW machine was built by (the late) Multiflow Computer, Inc.
walther von der vogelweide — c1170–c1230, German minnesinger and poet.
warsaw treaty organization — an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
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.
with one's beer goggles on — seeing people and things as increasingly attractive as one's alcohol intake rises
within range, out of range — If something is in range or within range, it is near enough to be reached or detected. If it is out of range, it is too far away to be reached or detected.
worth one's weight in gold — extremely helpful, kind, etc
yellow-crowned night heron — any of several thick-billed, crepuscular or nocturnal herons of the genus Nycticorax and related genera, as N. nycticorax (black-crowned night heron) of the Old and New Worlds, and Nyctanassa violacea (yellow-crowned night heron) of America.
young offender institution — (in Britain) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training, instruction, and work

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