20-letter words containing s, t, o

multipart stationery — continuous stationery comprising two or more sheets, either carbonless or with carbon paper between the sheets
multiple personality — a rare disorder in which an individual displays several functionally dissociated personalities, each of a complexity comparable to that of a normal individual.
multipurpose vehicle — a large car, similar to a van, designed to carry up to eight passengers
multistep hydroplane — a motorship having a flat bottom built as a series of planes inclined forward, the ship planing on each from stem to stern as its speed increases.
multistorey car park — a car park consisting of several levels
mum-and-dad investor — a small-scale non-professional investor
music of the spheres — a music, imperceptible to human ears, formerly supposed to be produced by the movements of the spheres or heavenly bodies.
near someone's heart — dear or important to someone
net domestic product — the gross domestic product minus an allowance for the depreciation of capital goods
net register tonnage — the taxable gross tonnage of a merchant ship.
network transparency — (networking) A feature of an operating system or other service which lets the user access a remote resource through a network without having to know if the resource is remote or local. For example NFS allow users to access remote files as if they were local files.
neuromusculoskeletal — (medicine) Describing the interactions between nerves, muscles and the skeleton.
neuropsychiatrically — In terms of neuropsychiatry.
night storage heater — a heater or radiator that stores heat at night-time because electricity is cheaper
nikkei stock average — an index of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
no lack of something — If you say there is no lack of something, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of it.
no love lost between — no liking or affection existing between
no two ways about it — If you say that there are no two ways about it, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all about a particular situation or about how it should be interpreted.
non-optimal solution — (Or "sub-optimal solution") An astoundingly stupid way to do something. This term is generally used in deadpan sarcasm, as its impact is greatest when the person speaking looks completely serious. See also Bad Thing.
non-sensationalistic — subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
non-volatile storage — (storage) (NVS, persistent storage, memory) A term describing a storage device whose contents are preserved when its power is off. Storage using magnetic media (e.g. magnetic disks, magnetic tape or bubble memory) is normally non-volatile by nature whereas semiconductor memories (static RAM and especially dynamic RAM) are normally volatile but can be made into non-volatile storage by having a (rechargable) battery permanently connected. Other examples of non-volatile storage are EEPROM, CD-ROM, paper tape and punched cards.
noninstitutionalized — Not institutionalized.
nonintrusive testing — (testing) Testing that is transparent to the software under test, i.e., does not change its timing or processing characteristics. Nonintrusive testing usually involves additional hardware that collects timing or processing information and processes that information on another platform.
nonsense correlation — a correlation supported by data but having no basis in reality, as between incidence of the common cold and ownership of televisions
north celestial pole — the point of intersection of the earth's extended axis and the northern half of the celestial sphere, lying about 1° from Polaris
north richland hills — a town in N Texas.
northern territories — a territory in N Australia. 523,620 sq. mi. (1,356,175 sq. km). Capital: Darwin.
norwegian forest cat — a breed of long-haired cat with a long bushy tail and a long mane
nostalgie de la boue — a desire for or attraction to crudity, vulgarity, depravity, etc.
not have the stomach — If you have no stomach for something, you do not have the courage to do it.
not mince your words — If you say that someone does not mince their words, you mean that they speak in a forceful and direct way, especially when saying something unpleasant to someone.
not out of the woods — If something or someone is not out of the woods yet, they are still having difficulties or problems.
not to be sneezed at — If you say that something is not to be sneezed at, you mean that it is worth having.
notre dame mountains — a mountain range in E Quebec, Canada, an extension of the Green Mountains in Vermont and a portion of the Appalachian Mountains: about 500 miles (800 km) long, rising about 2000 feet (610 meters).
nummulitic limestone — limestone composed predominantly of fossil nummulites.
obfuscated c contest — (programming) The International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC) is an annual contest run since 1984 over Usenet by Landon Curt Noll and friends. The overall winner is whoever produces the most unreadable, creative, and bizarre (but working) C program. Various other prizes are awarded at the judges' whim. C's terse syntax and macro-preprocessor facilities give contestants a lot of maneuvering room. The winning programs often manage to be simultaneously funny, breathtaking works of art and horrible examples of how *not* to code in C. This relatively short and sweet hello, world program demonstrates obfuscated C: /* HELLO WORLD program * by Jack Applin and Robert Heckendorn, 1985 */ main(v,c)char**c;{for(v[c++]="Hello, world!\n)"; (!!c)[*c]&&(v--||--c&&execlp(*c,*c,c[!!c]+!!c,!c)); **c=!c)write(!!*c,*c,!!**c);} Here's another good one: /* Program to compute an approximation of pi * by Brian Westley, 1988 */ #define _ -F<00||--F-OO--; int F=00,OO=00; main(){F_OO();printf("%1.3f\n",4.*-F/OO/OO);}F_OO() { _-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ _-_-_-_ } Note that this program works by computing its own area. For more digits, write a bigger program.
objective relativism — the doctrine that knowledge of real objects is relative to the individual.
occupation franchise — the right of a tenant to vote in national and local elections
occupation groupings — a system of classifying people according to occupation, based originally on information obtained by government census and subsequently developed by market research. The classifications are used by the advertising industry to identify potential markets. The groups are A, B, C1, C2, D, and E
occupational disease — Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation.
occupational pension — a pension scheme provided for the members of a particular occupation or by a specific employer or group of employers
ode to the west wind — a poem (1820) by Shelley.
of (the) deepest dye — of the most marked, esp. the worst, sort
official secrets act — law: legislation protecting state secret
old man of the woods — an edible, mild-tasting mushroom, Strobilomyces floccopus, occurring in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.
olfactory anesthesia — absence or loss of the sense of smell.
omega-minus particle — a baryon with strangeness −3, isotopic spin 0, and negative charge; predicted from the mathematics of the Eightfold Way and subsequently discovered. Symbol: Ω −.
on everyone's tongue — prevailing as common gossip
on o's best behavior — If someone is on their best behavior, they are trying very hard to behave well.
on one's own account — If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company.

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