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22-letter words containing o, u, t, n

  • subornation of perjury — the offense of bribing or otherwise persuading another to commit perjury.
  • sun microsystems, inc. — (company)   One of the first, and now biggest, US computer manufacturers. They also manufacture in Europe. The Sun-2 and 3 series of workstations and servers were based on the Motorola 680x0 family of microprocessors and the Sun-4 series on the SPARC. Sun also produce their own version of Unix, originally called SunOS and now Solaris. Their Network File System has become the de facto standard for sharing files between Unix systems. Sun own MySQL AB. Sun was bought by Oracle Corporation on 2009-04-20. Quarterly sales $1403M, profits $78M (Aug 1994). Address: 2550 Garcia Ave., Mt. View, CA 94043 -1100 USA.
  • supplementary question — a question asked in Parliament by an MP during Questions to the Prime Minister
  • swings and roundabouts — If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses.
  • synchronic linguistics — the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history
  • syntactic construction — a construction that has no bound forms among its immediate constituents. Compare morphologic construction.
  • system account manager — (cryptography, operating system, security)   (SAM) A password database stored as a registry file in Windows NT and Windows 2000. The System Account Manager (SAM) database stores users' passwords in a hashed format. Since a hash function is one-way, this provides some measure of security for the storage of the passwords. In an attempt to enhance the security of the SAM database against offline cracking, Microsoft introduced the SYSKEY utility in Windows NT 4.0.
  • take someone's measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • talk through one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
  • tell someone's fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
  • temporary life annuity — an annuity that ceases upon the death of the annuitant or upon the expiration of a period of time, whichever occurs first.
  • the authorized version — an English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under James I
  • the end of your tether — If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
  • the houston ship canal — a canal linking Houston to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
  • the long-hours culture — the prevailing view that it is normal to work long hours; the practice of working long hours
  • the nature conservancy — a US charitable environmental organization, founded in 1951, that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive
  • the ouachita mountains — a mountain range in the United States, located in W Arkansas, S E Oklahoma, and N E Texas
  • the point of no return — If you say that you have reached the point of no return, you mean that you now have to continue with what you are doing and it is too late to stop.
  • thermonuclear reaction — a nuclear-fusion reaction that takes place between the nuclei of a gas, especially hydrogen, heated to a temperature of several million degrees.
  • through someone's eyes — If someone sees or considers something through your eyes, they consider it in the way that you do, from your point of view.
  • through thick and thin — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
  • through-the-lens meter — a light meter employing a sensor cell located behind the taking lens.
  • to be full to bursting — to be very full
  • to be in running order — if something is in running order it is functioning correctly and efficiently
  • to cast your mind back — If you cast your mind back to a time in the past, you think about what happened then.
  • to cast your net wider — If you cast your net wider, you look for or consider a greater variety of things.
  • to hate someone's guts — If you hate someone's guts, you dislike them very much indeed.
  • to keep your eyes open — If you keep your eyes open or keep an eye out for someone or something, you watch for them carefully.
  • to stick your neck out — If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong.
  • transformational rules — rules that specify in purely syntactic terms a method by which theorems may be derived from the axioms of a formal system
  • transition temperature — Physics. a temperature at which a substance undergoes some abrupt change in its properties, as when it passes from the normal to the superconducting state.
  • transposing instrument — a musical instrument played at a pitch different from that indicated in the score.
  • trichlorofluoromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
  • trifluorochloromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
  • trigonometric equation — an equation involving trigonometric functions of unknown angles, as cos B = ½.
  • trigonometric function — any of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a ratio of two of the sides of a right-angled triangle containing the angle. The group includes sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent
  • turbo-propeller engine — a jet engine with a turbine-driven propeller that produces the principal thrust, augmented by the thrust of the jet exhaust.
  • turn one's hand to sth — If you turn your hand to something such as a practical activity, you learn about it and do it for the first time.
  • turn someone's stomach — If you say that something turns your stomach or makes your stomach turn, you mean that it is so unpleasant or offensive that it makes you feel sick.
  • ulster volunteer force — (in Northern Ireland) a Loyalist paramilitary organization
  • unconditioned response — a reflex action innately elicited by a stimulus without the intervention of any learning process
  • unconditioned stimulus — any stimulus evoking an unlearnt response, esp in the context of classical conditioning, in which the conditioned stimulus is followed by the unconditioned one
  • unconventional warfare — warfare that is conducted within enemy lines through guerrilla tactics or subversion, usually supported at least in part by external forces.
  • under no circumstances — not for any reason
  • under starter's orders — (of horses in a race) awaiting the start signal
  • under the influence of — If you are under the influence of someone or something, you are being affected or controlled by them.
  • underground combustion — Underground combustion is the process of heating oil to allow it to flow more easily and make it easier to recover.
  • unemployment insurance — a government program that provides a limited number of payments to eligible workers who are involuntarily unemployed.
  • unidirectional current — direct current
  • united empire loyalist — any of the American colonists who settled in Canada during or after the War of American Independence because of loyalty to the British Crown
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