26-letter words containing s, i, p

physics analysis workbench — (tool) (PAW) A general purpose portable tool for analysis and presentation of physics data.
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.
plain old telephone system — Public Switched Telephone Network
post-and-beam construction — wall construction in which beams rather than studs are used to support heavy posts.
postprandial thermogenesis — the rate at which food is broken down after a meal and used by your body
primary sex characteristic — any of the body structures directly concerned in reproduction, as the testes, ovaries, and external genitalia.
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.
professional office system — (messaging) (PROFS) An office messaging system from IBM, used worldwide, mainly on IBM mainframes.
psychophysical parallelism — the view that mental and bodily events occur in parallel series without causal interaction.
psychophysiologic disorder — any of a group of disorders, as tension headache, characterized by physical symptoms that are partly induced by emotional factors.
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-liability insurance — insurance covering the insured against risks involving liability to the public for damages arising from negligence.
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.
pulse-amplitude modulation — modulation of the amplitude of a train of electric pulses used to carry signals (pulse carrier) Abbreviation: PAM.
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.
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
real-time operating system — (operating system) (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. RTOS is not a specific product but a class of operating systems.
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.
remembrance of things past — a novel (1913–27) by Marcel Proust.
repetitive strain disorder — overuse strain injury
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
scintillation spectrometer — a scintillation counter adapted for measuring the energy distribution of particles emitted in radioactive processes.
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
senior chief petty officer — a noncommissioned officer ranking above a chief petty officer and below a master chief petty officer. Abbreviation: SCPO.
serotonin receptor agonist — A serotonin receptor agonist is any compound that activates serotonin receptors when serotonin is not present.
service discovery protocol — (protocol) (SDP) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack that allows devices to connect to other services.
show a clean pair of heels — to run off
simple algebraic extension — a simple extension in which the specified element is a root of an algebraic equation in the given field.
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.
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.
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.
sweep someone off his feet — to inspire strong and immediate enthusiasm, love, etc. in someone
symbolic assembler program — (language) (SAP) The assembly language for the IBM 704, defined in the late 1950s.
system product interpreter — Restructured EXtended eXecutor
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 second epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John which warns against teachers who claim that Jesus Christ did not come to Earth in the flesh
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 be pressed into service — To press someone or something into service means to use them temporarily for a particular purpose.
to pick holes in something — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.

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