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23-letter words containing o, a, t, e

  • keep sth under your hat — If you tell someone to keep a piece of information under their hat, you are asking them not to tell anyone else about it.
  • kinetic theory of gases — a theory that the particles in a gas move freely and rapidly along straight lines but often collide, resulting in variations in their velocity and direction. Pressure is interpreted as arising from the impacts of these particles with the walls of a container.
  • knock into a cocked hat — a man's hat, worn especially in the 18th century, having a wide, stiff brim turned up on two or three sides toward a peaked crown. Compare bicorne, tricorn (def 2).
  • lady chatterley's lover — a novel (1928) by D. H. Lawrence.
  • large-scale integration — LSI.
  • largemouth (black) bass — a black bass (Micropterus salmoides) found in warm, sluggish waters
  • law enforcement officer — an official employee who prevents and detects crime and who maintains and upholds the police, such as a police officer, sheriff, customs officer etc
  • lead replacement petrol — a less toxic fuel introduced in 2000 for cars requiring leaded petrol
  • leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
  • lesser peach tree borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Synanthedon pictipes, distributed throughout the eastern U.S. and Canada but most prevalent in the South, that burrows into the injured trunks and branches of stone fruit trees.
  • lieutenant junior grade — a commissioned officer ranking above an ensign and below a lieutenant.
  • liquefied petroleum gas — a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel
  • lock, stock, and barrel — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • look down one's nose at — to smell or sniff.
  • lower of cost or market — Lower of cost or market is a method of valuing assets where the asset is valued at either the historical cost or the fair market value, whichever is lower.
  • lymphoblastic leukaemia — a severe blood disorder in which abnormal leukocytes are identified as immature forms of lymphocytes
  • made out of whole cloth — completely fictitious or false; made up
  • magnetic resonance scan — MR scan.
  • magneto-encephalography — a record of the magnetic field of the brain. Abbreviation: MEG.
  • magnetohydrodynamically — In a magnetohydrodynamic way.
  • magnetomechanical ratio — the ratio of the angular momentum of a rotating charged particle to its magnetic moment; the reciprocal of the gyromagnetic ratio.
  • main distribution frame — (networking)   (MDF) The network closet containing the main hub.
  • make allowances for sth — If you make allowances for something, you take it into account in your decisions, plans, or actions.
  • make an honest woman of — to marry (a woman, esp one who is pregnant) to prevent scandal
  • martha washington table — a sewing table of the 18th century having an oval top that can be lifted and a central compartment of drawers with semicircular bins at each end.
  • masters of the universe — extremely powerful and wealthy members of the financial professions
  • maturity-onset diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
  • meaningful relationship — a romantic relationship based upon mutual respect and supportiveness and marked by a sense of commitment and fulfillment.
  • mediated generalization — generalization (def 4c).
  • mediated-generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • message digest function — one-way hash function
  • message transport agent — Message Transfer Agent
  • more than meets the eye — hidden motives, meaning, or facts
  • mortise and tenon joint — a joint (in wood or stone) using a mortise and tenon
  • moving target indicator — a Doppler-radar presentation that indicates moving targets only, stationary objects reflecting signals that the system rejects. Abbreviation: MTI.
  • multimedia compact disc — (storage)   (MMCD) A CD-ROM standard for storing 4.7 GB of data including video. MMCD is being developed by a large numer of computer manufacturers and is expected to be shipped in late 1996 or early 1997. Initially it will be aimed at the consumer market, then perhaps in CD-ROM format for computers, and maybe later on erasble CD.
  • national health service — In Britain, the National Health Service is the state system for providing medical care. It is paid for by taxes.
  • national safety council — a non profit organization that promotes and ensures health and safety standards
  • national superannuation — a means-related pension paid to elderly people
  • near-infrared radiation — the shorter wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared region of the spectrum, extending from about 0.75 to 2.5 micrometers, usually radiation reflected from plant materials.
  • negative bending moment — a bending moment that produces convex bending at the supports of a continuously supported beam
  • neutrosophic statistics — (statistics)   Analysis of events described by neutrosophic probability.
  • new year's honours list — an Honour's List published at the beginning of a new year
  • new york stock exchange — the largest stock exchange in the U.S., located in New York City. Abbreviation: NYSE, N.Y.S.E.
  • newton's laws of motion — three laws of mechanics describing the motion of a body. The first law states that a body remains at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by a force. The second law states that a body's rate of change of momentum is proportional to the force causing it. The third law states that when a force acts on a body due to another body, then an equal and opposite force acts simultaneously on that body
  • nigger of the narcissus — a novel (1897) by Joseph Conrad.
  • nondisclosure agreement — a legal contract in which one or more parties agree to keep information, as a trade secret, confidential and protected for a specific amount of time. Abbreviation: NDA.
  • nonessential amino acid — an amino acid that can be synthesized in the body
  • nonverbal communication — gesture and facial expression
  • north east lincolnshire — a unitary authority in E England, in Lincolnshire: formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Humberside. Pop: 157 400 (2003 est). Area: 192 sq km (74 sq miles)
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