32-letter words containing o, t, h, e, r

orbiting geophysical observatory — OGO.
password authentication protocol — (networking) (PAP) An authentication scheme used by PPP servers to validate the identity of the originator of the connection. PAP applies a two-way handshaking procedure. After the link is established the originator sends an id-password pair to the server. If authentication succeeds the server sends back an acknowledgement; otherwise it either terminates the connection or gives the originator another chance. PAP is not a strong authentication method. Passwords are sent over the circuit "in the clear" and there is no protection against playback or repeated "trial and error" attacks. The originator is in total control of the frequency and timing of the attempts. Therefore, any server that can use a stronger authentication method, such as CHAP, will offer to negotiate that method prior to PAP. The use of PAP is appropriate, however, if a plaintext password must be available to simulate a login at a remote host. PAP is defined in RFC 1334.
plesiochronous digital hierarchy — (communications) (PDH) A transmission system for voice communication using plesiochronous synchronisation. PDH is the conventional multiplexing technology for network transmission systems. The transmitter adds dummy information bits to allow multiple channels to be bit interleaved. The receiver discards these bits once the signals have been demultiplexed. PDH combines multiple 2 Mb/s (E1) channels in Europe and 1.544 Mb/s (DS1) channels in the US and Japan. PDH is being replaced by SONET and other SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) schemes.
put something on the long finger — to postpone something for a long time
rene theophile hyacinthe laennec — René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
round the clock/around the clock — If something is done round the clock or around the clock, it is done all day and all night without stopping.
saint bartholomew's day massacre — a massacre of over 3000 Huguenots, instigated by Catherine de Médicis and begun in Paris on St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572.
south ossetian autonomous region — an autonomous region of the Georgian Republic, in the N part. 1428 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km). Capital: Tskhinvali.
sweep something under the carpet — to conceal (something, esp a problem) in the hope that it will be overlooked by others
symbolic mathematical laboratory — (tool, mathematics) An on-line system under CTSS for symbolic mathematics. It used a display screen and a light pen.
systems application architecture — (programming) (SAA) IBM's family of standard interfaces which enable software to be written independently of hardware and operating system.
take one's courage in both hands — to nerve oneself to perform an action
take the law into your own hands — act as a vigilante
the courage of one's convictions — the confidence to act in accordance with one's beliefs
the game is not worth the candle — If you say that the game is not worth the candle, you mean that something is not worth the trouble or effort needed to achieve or obtain it.
the same old story/the old story — If you say it's the same old story or it's the old story, you mean that something unpleasant or undesirable seems to happen again and again.
the worse/none the worse for sth — If a person or thing is the worse for something, they have been harmed or badly affected by it. If they are none the worse for it, they have not been harmed or badly affected by it.
there's no question of doing sth — If you say there is no question of something happening, you are emphasizing that it is not going to happen.
there's no time like the present — If you say 'There's no time like the present', you are suggesting to someone that they should do something now, not later.
throw someone in at the deep end — to put someone into a new situation, job, etc, without preparation or introduction
time-of-flight mass spectroscopy — a technique for separating ions according to the time required for them to traverse a set distance.
to go to great lengths to do sth — if you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they go to a lot of trouble in order to achieve it
to have by the short and curlies — to have completely in one's power
to kill two birds with one stone — If you say that doing something will kill two birds with one stone, you mean that it will enable you to achieve two things that you want to achieve, rather than just one.
to nail your colours to the mast — If someone nails their colours to the mast, they say what they really think about something.
to pervert the course of justice — If someone perverts the course of justice, they deliberately do something that will make it difficult to discover who really committed a particular crime, for example, destroying evidence or lying to the police.
to point the finger of suspicion — To point the finger of suspicion or blame at someone means to make people suspect them of doing wrong or blame them for doing wrong.
to poke your nose into something — If someone pokes their nose into something or sticks their nose into something, they try to interfere with it even though it does not concern them.
to put the cart before the horse — If you say that someone is putting the cart before the horse, you mean that they are doing things in the wrong order.
to throw off the shackles of sth — to reject something or free oneself from it because it was preventing one from doing what one wanted to do
to vanish from the radar screens — to go missing; to no longer be visible or able to be detected by anyone
turn/beat swords into plowshares — If you say that swords have been turned into plowshares or beaten into plowshares, you mean that a state of conflict between two or more groups of people has ended and a period of peace has begun.
virtual sequential access method — Virtual Storage Access Method
wash one's dirty linen in public — fabric woven from flax yarns.
wear one's heart on one's sleeve — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
weighted average cost of capital — The weighted average cost of capital is the cost of capital that is adjusted according to the percentages of debt financing and equity financing.
where there's smoke there's fire — If someone says where there's smoke there's fire, they mean that there are rumors or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true.
with your tail between your legs — If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed.
yet another scheme object system — (language) (YASOS) A system for object-oriented programming in Scheme. E-mail: Ken Dickey <[email protected]>

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