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23-letter words containing s, t, i, r, l

  • software developers kit — (jargon, product)   (SDK, or "Software Development Kit") Software provided by a software vendor to allow their products to be used with those of other software vendors.
  • somaliland protectorate — official name of the former British Somaliland.
  • sparkling mineral water — Sparkling mineral water is mineral water that is slightly carbonated.
  • split-fingered fastball — a pitch, similar to the forkball but thrown with the same arm speed as a fastball, that drops suddenly as it nears the batter.
  • st. 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.
  • standard widget toolkit — (graphics, programming, standard)   (SWT) The Eclipse Foundation's framework for developing graphical user interfaces in Java. SWT is written in explicitly standard Java but uses the Java Native Interface to talk to a platform-native GUI library. SWT is the third major attempt to give Java a decent GUI framework, following AWT and Swing. Of the three, SWT is the most consistent with the native GUIs but its programming model is hard to port to non-Windows platforms.
  • stereospecific catalyst — a catalyst for stereospecific chemical reactions
  • sterling software, inc. — (company)   A software company which was bought out by Computer Associates International, Inc.
  • stimulus generalization — generalization (def 4a).
  • stimulus-generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • straight bill of lading — a bill of lading that is issued to a specified consignee for the delivery of the goods and that cannot be endorsed to another party.
  • subscription television — pay television.
  • superposition principle — principle of superposition.
  • supplementary insurance — Supplementary insurance is insurance coverage that is purchased in addition to an insurance policy to provide additional benefits or coverage.
  • survival of the fittest — (not in technical use) natural selection.
  • sustainable agriculture — any of a number of environmentally friendly farming methods that preserve an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.
  • symbolic interactionism — a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings.
  • tangible user interface — (interface)   An attempt to give physical form to digital information, making bits directly manipulable and perceptible by people. Tangible Interfaces will make bits accessible through augmented physical surfaces (e.g. walls, desktops, ceilings, windows), graspable objects (e.g. building blocks, models, instruments) and ambient media (e.g. light, sound, airflow, water-flow, kinetic sculpture) within physical environments.
  • tennessee walking horse — an American breed of horse, marked by its stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk
  • terminal user interface — Textual User Interface
  • text processing utility — (language)   (TPU) A DEC language for creation of text-processing interfaces, used to implement DEC's Extensible VAX Editor (EVE).
  • the lesser of two evils — If you have two choices, but think that they are both bad, you can describe the one which is less bad as the lesser of two evils, or the lesser evil.
  • the library of congress — the official library of the United States in Washington, DC. It houses extensive collections in all subject areas and formats, important historical documents, and is also a depository for copyrighted materials.
  • the scottish parliament — the devolved national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh
  • the thrill of the chase — If you talk about the thrill of the chase, you are referring to the excitement that people feel when they are trying hard to get something.
  • there is no holding him — he is so spirited or resolute that he cannot be restrained
  • to add insult to injury — You say to add insult to injury when mentioning an action or fact that makes an unfair or unacceptable situation even worse.
  • to count your blessings — If you tell someone to count their blessings, you are saying that they should think about how lucky they are instead of complaining.
  • to have feelings for sb — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
  • to make your skin crawl — If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
  • to play for high stakes — to gamble on something very important
  • tongass national forest — a temperate rainforest in SE Alaska that also harbors more than two dozen communities, including Juneau: largest US national forest. 17 million acres (69,000 km).
  • tortoiseshell butterfly — any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Nymphalis, and related genera, having orange-brown wings with black markings
  • trans-new guinea phylum — the largest grouping of the non-Austronesian languages of Papua and New Guinea and the surrounding regions
  • trans-siberian railroad — a railroad traversing Siberia, from Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains to Vladivostok: constructed by the Russian government 1891–1916. over 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
  • transcendental analytic — (in transcendental logic) the study of the means by which the mind categorizes data from the sensory manifold.
  • transcendental equation — an equation that involves transcendental functions.
  • transcendental function — a function that is not an algebraic function.
  • transcendental idealism — the Kantian doctrine that reality consists not of appearances, but of some other order of being whose existence can be inferred from the nature of human reason
  • transplantation antigen — a histocompatibility antigen identified by its effect on the rejection of transplanted cells or tissues.
  • treat someone like dirt — If you say that someone treats you like dirt, you are angry with them because you think that they treat you unfairly and with no respect.
  • trellis code modulation — (TCM) A modulation technique with hardware error detection and correction.
  • trials and tribulations — difficult experiences
  • trigonal trisoctahedron — a trisoctahedron whose faces are triangles.
  • triple expansion engine — (formerly) a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in three stages in cylinders of increasing diameter to accommodate the increasing volume of the steam
  • turn-and-slip indicator — bank-and-turn indicator.
  • twin-lens reflex camera — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
  • ulster defence regiment — a former reserve regiment of the British Army based in Northern Ireland
  • unconditional discharge — the release of a defendant without having to spend time on parole or probation
  • unconstitutional strike — a stoppage of work which violates the dispute procedure agreed between the employer and the trade union or trade unions concerned
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