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21-letter words containing s, t, a, g, n

  • take one's finger out — stop delaying or procrastinating
  • tape operating system — (operating system)   (TOS) An IBM operating system for System 360, used in the early days around 1965 to support the IBM 360 model 30 et al. TOS was a predecessor to IBM's Disk Operating System. TOS died out really early as disks such as the 2311 and 2314 became common with the IBM 360 whereas thet had been a real luxury on the IBM 7090.
  • television evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on television
  • the acting profession — actors considered as a group
  • the shipping forecast — a radio broadcast made by the BBC of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles
  • to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
  • to change the subject — When someone involved in a conversation changes the subject, they start talking about something else, often because the previous subject was embarrassing.
  • to have green fingers — If someone has green fingers, they are very good at gardening and their plants grow well.
  • to lay something bare — If you lay something bare, you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen.
  • topgallant forecastle — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; forecastle deck.
  • trades union congress — The Trades Union Congress in Britain is the same as the TUC.
  • transport segregation — Transport segregation is when particles from a mixture separate because the mixture vibrates while it is being moved.
  • traveling salesperson — a representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's services.
  • triangulation station — a point used in triangulation as a basis for making maps. Triangulation stations are marked in a number of ways, such as by a tapering stone pillar on a hilltop
  • tubercular meningitis — an infection of the membranes of the central nervous system caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis; features can include fever, headache, and coma
  • vladivostok agreement — a preliminary arms control accord concluded by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and U.S. President Gerald Ford in Vladivostok, U.S.S.R., in December 1974.
  • washington's birthday — February 22, formerly observed as a legal holiday in most states of the U.S. in honor of the birth of George Washington.
  • watenstedt-salzgitter — former name of Salzgitter.
  • weinberg-salam theory — electroweak theory.
  • what price something? — what are the chances of something happening now?
  • whistling in the dark — If you say that someone is whistling in the dark, you mean that they are trying to remain brave and convince themselves that the situation is not as bad as it seems.
  • xeroderma pigmentosum — a rare inherited disease characterized by sensitivity to ultraviolet light, exposure resulting in lesions and tumors of the skin and eyes.
  • youth training scheme — (formerly, in Britain) a scheme, run by the Training Agency, to provide vocational training for unemployed 16–17-year-olds
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