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26-letter words containing o, e, s, p, h, a

  • 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
  • show a clean pair of heels — to run off
  • square peg in a round hole — If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.
  • ssh file transfer protocol — (networking)   (SFTP) A version of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) using an encrypted network connection provided by Secure Shell (SSH), usually SSH 2. The SFTP protocol allows for a range of operations on remote files, making it more like a remote file system protocol. SFTP clients can resume interrupted transfers, get directory listings and remove remote files. SFTP has largely replaced Secure Copy (SCP).
  • straight-line depreciation — Straight-line depreciation is a method of depreciation in which an equal amount of depreciation is taken each year.
  • super video graphics array — (hardware)   (SVGA) A video display standard created by VESA for IBM PC compatible personal computers. The resolution is 800 x 600 4-bit pixels. Each pixel can therefore be one of 16 colours. See Video Graphics Array.
  • take priority/has priority — If something takes priority or has priority over other things, it is regarded as being more important than them and is dealt with first.
  • take steps to do something — to undertake measures with a view to the attainment of some end
  • 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
  • to be in raptures over sth — be highly delighted with
  • to lay oneself open to sth — If you lay yourself open to criticism or attack, or if something lays you open to it, something you do makes it possible or likely that other people will criticize or attack you.
  • to pip someone at the post — If someone is pipped at the post or pipped to the post they are just beaten in a competition or in a race to achieve something.
  • to put your heads together — If two or more people put their heads together, they talk about a problem they have and try to solve it.
  • to spare someone's blushes — If you spare someone's blushes or save someone's blushes, you avoid doing or saying something that will embarrass them.
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