26-letter words containing p, o, u, r

lossless audio compression — (audio, compression) Any kind of audio compression in which the original signal and the decoded signal are bitwise identical. Lossless audio compression algorithms are usually based on a data compression algorithm like PKzip or gzip but specialized for PCM audio data. The signal is divided into predictable tonal components and unpredictable noisy components. Tonal components are stored as coefficients of a predictor, the remaining signal is coded by Rice coding, Huffman coding or arithmetic coding.
mecklenburg-west pomerania — a state of NE Germany, along the Baltic coast: consists of the former state of Mecklenburg and those parts of W Pomerania not incorporated into Poland after World War II: part of East Germany until 1990. Pop: 1 732 000 (2003 est)
metropolitan museum of art — the principal museum in New York City: founded in 1870 and housed in its present premises in Central Park since 1880
micronetics standard mumps — (MSM) A version of MUMPS for the IBM PC RT and R6000.
minimum-access programming — a method of programming in which latency is reduced to a minimum.
minister without portfolio — a minister of state who is not appointed to any specific department in a government.
multi-color graphics array — (hardware, graphics) (MCGA) One of IBM's less popular hardware video display standards for use in the IBM PS/2. MCGA can display 80*25 text in monochrome, 40*25 text in 256 colours or 320*200 pixel graphics in 256 colors. It is now obsolete.
new business profit margin — A new business profit margin is a system used by insurers to measure the cost of and profit from writing new policies.
not touch with a bargepole — to refuse to have anything to do with
official production system — (language) (OPS) The first production system (i.e. rule based) programming language, developed at CMU in 1970 and used for building expert systems. OPS was originally written in Franz Lisp and later ported to other LISP dialects.
on demand: usu phr after v — If something is available or happens on demand, you can have it or it happens whenever you want it or ask for it.
open document architecture — (standard) (ODA) ISO standard (8613) for describing documents. It allows text, graphics, and facsimile documents to be transferred between different systems.
organophosphorus-compounds — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
people's republic of china — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
period-luminosity relation — the relationship between the period of light variation and of the absolute magnitude of Cepheid variable stars.
phenylpyruvic oligophrenia — phenylketonuria.
pick up the threads of sth — If you pick up the threads of an activity, you start it again after an interruption. If you pick up the threads of your life, you become more active again after a period of failure or bad luck.
post-and-beam construction — wall construction in which beams rather than studs are used to support heavy posts.
pour encourager les autres — in order to encourage the others: often used ironically
principle of superposition — any of several physical laws that the resultant of similar vector quantities at a point is a function of the sum of the individual quantities, especially the law that the displacement at a point in a medium undergoing simple harmonic motion is equal to the sum of the displacements of each individual wave.
provence-alpes-côte d'azur — metropolitan region of SE France: 12,124 sq mi (31,401 sq km); pop. 4,258,000; chief city, Marseille
public prosecutor's office — the legal department that is responsible for putting people on trial on behalf of the government and people of a particular country
public-service corporation — a private or quasi-private corporation chartered to provide an essential commodity or service to the public.
pulse repetition frequency — the number of pulses per second in a system of pulse transmission. Abbreviation: PRF.
purely functional language — (language) A language that supports only functional programming and does not allow functions to have side-effects. Program execution consists of evaluation of an expression and all subexpressions are referentially transparent.
put a bug in someone's ear — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
put one's signature to sth — If you put your signature to a document, you sign it as a way of officially showing that you agree with what is written.
put sb out of their misery — If you put someone out of their misery, you tell them something that they are very anxious to know.
put your best foot forward — do your best
quite apart from something — used to indicate that you are aware of one aspect of a situation, but that you are going to focus on another aspect
refinery’s own consumption — Refinery's own consumption is the gas and fuel which is burnt to operate the units in a refinery and generate electricity and steam.
replacement cost insurance — Replacement cost insurance is insurance in which the cost of replacing property is calculated without a reduction for depreciation.
round peg in a square hole — a person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified
sans peur et sans reproche — without fear and without reproach: said originally of the French knight, the Seigneur de Bayard.
slip through one's fingers — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
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.
string processing language — (language) (SPRING)
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.
system product interpreter — Restructured EXtended eXecutor
take someone's temperature — If you take someone's temperature you use an instrument called a thermometer to measure the temperature of their body in order to see if they are ill.
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
to be in raptures over sth — be highly delighted with
to be made public property — to become known to everyone
to cut a particular figure — If you say that someone cuts a particular figure, you mean that they appear to other people in the way described.
to have your two penn'orth — during a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion
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 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.
total parenteral nutrition — intravenous administration of a solution of essential nutrients to patients unable to ingest food, especially in cases of severe gastrointestinal or malabsorption disorders or prolonged coma. Abbreviation: TPN.

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