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25-letter words containing p, r, e, o, n, d

  • keep an ear to the ground — If you keep or have your ear to the ground, you make sure that you find out about the things that people are doing or saying.
  • konigsberg bridge problem — a mathematical problem in graph theory, solved by Leonhard Euler, to show that it is impossible to cross all seven bridges of the Prussian city of Königsberg in a continuous path without recrossing any bridge.
  • lead down the garden path — a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
  • national enterprise board — a public corporation established in 1975 to help the economy of the UK. In 1981 it merged with the National Research and Development Council to form the British Technology Group
  • network computing devices — (company)   (NCD) Producer of X terminals, PC-Xware and Z-Mail.
  • no disrespect (to sb/sth) — You can say 'no disrespect to someone or something' when you are just about to criticize them, in order to indicate that you are not hostile towards them or admire them for other things.
  • non-algorithmic procedure — heuristic
  • nuffield teaching project — (in Britain) a complete school programme in mathematics, science, languages, etc, with suggested complementary theory and practical work
  • open educational resource — Usually, open educational resources. a piece of content or a tool for teaching or learning, often developed online, that is made available free of charge for anyone to use, revise, adapt, or redistribute. Abbreviation: OER.
  • orpheus in the underworld — a classical operetta; the French name is Orphée aux enfers
  • oxidative phosphorylation — the aerobic synthesis, coupled to electron transport, of ATP from phosphate and ADP.
  • page description language — a high-level programming language for determining the output of a page printer designed to work with it, independent of the printer's internal codes. Abbreviation: PDL.
  • personal flotation device — a life preserver, life jacket, or other device for keeping a person afloat in the water. Abbreviation: PFD.
  • personalized number plate — a car registration plate that has the owner's initials or name on it
  • poacher turned gamekeeper — someone whose occupation or behaviour is the opposite of what it previously was, such as a burglar who now advises on home security
  • point-and-drool interface — (abuse)   (Or "point-and-grunt interface") A parody of "point-and-shoot interface", describing a windows, icons, and mouse-based (WIMP) graphical user interface. The implication, of course, is that such an interface is only suitable for idiots. See for the rest of us, WIMP, drool-proof paper.
  • point-and-grunt interface — point-and-drool interface
  • polycystic ovary syndrome — a hormonal disorder in which the Graafian follicles in the ovary fail to develop completely so that they are unable to ovulate, remaining as multiple cysts that distend the ovary. The results can include reduced fertility, obesity, and hirsutism
  • preferred ordinary shares — shares issued by a company that rank between preference shares and ordinary shares in the payment of dividends
  • prices and incomes policy — voluntary or statutory regulation of the level of increases in prices and incomes
  • primary domain controller — (networking)   (PDC) Each Windows NT domain has a Primary Domain Controller and zero or more Backup Domain Controllers. The PDC holds the SAM database and authenticates access requests from workstations and servers in the domain.
  • primary management domain — (messaging)   (PRMD) The component of an X.400 electronic mail address that gives the organisation name, usually abbreviated to p= in written addresses. See also ADMD.
  • principle of indifference — the principle that, in the absence of any reason to expect one event rather than another, all the possible events should be assigned the same probability
  • process design language 2 — (language)   (PDL2) A language developed for the Texas Instruments ASC computer.
  • profit and loss statement — A profit and loss statement is a statement that is compiled at the end of a financial year showing that year's revenue and expense items and indicating gross and net profit or loss.
  • property damage insurance — insurance against losses arising from damage to the property of others, as in a motor-vehicle accident.
  • really simple syndication — Rich Site Summary
  • rehabilitation department — a government department set up after World War II to assist ex-servicemen
  • saint pierre and miquelon — two small groups of islands off the S coast of Newfoundland: an overseas territory of France; important base for fishing. 3 sq. mi. (240 sq. km). Capital: St. Pierre.
  • spectral band replication — (audio, compression)   (SBR) Guessing the nontransmitted higher frequency range of a compressed audio file by some helper bits (transmiited with the stream) and the transmitted base band. SBR allows a restoration (not reconstruction) of the upper frequency range without lots of bits. It was developed by Coding Technology, and is useful for medium and high quality coding at low and medium data rates. It is used by Digital Radio Mondiale and MP3 Pro.
  • stand in a person's light — to stand so as to obscure a person's vision
  • the department of defense — the United States federal department concerned with national security
  • the third epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John and addressed to a man called Gaius, who is praised in the letter
  • thermodynamic temperature — temperature defined in terms of the laws of thermodynamics and not in terms of the properties of any real material. It is usually expressed on the Kelvin scale
  • to open/reopen old wounds — Something that opens old wounds or reopens old wounds reminds someone about an upsetting experience in the past which they would prefer to forget.
  • transcendental-philosophy — transcendental character, thought, or language.
  • undisputed world champion — a boxer who holds the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, the World Boxing Organization, and the International Boxing Federation world championship titles simultaneously
  • world's oldest profession — prostitution.
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