28-letter words containing t, e, r

special power of appointment — authority to appoint persons from a particular class to take an estate or interest in property
special theory of relativity — the state or fact of being relative.
spectral luminous efficiency — a measure of the efficiency of radiation of a given wavelength in producing a visual sensation. It is equal to the ratio of the radiant flux at a standard wavelength to that at the given wavelength when the standard wavelength is chosen so that the maximum value of this ratio is unity
standard operating procedure — a set of fixed instructions or steps for carrying out usually routine operations. Abbreviation: SOP.
state university of new york — (body) (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state.
strictly decreasing function — a function having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is less than the image of the smaller point.
strictly increasing function — a function having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is greater than the image of the smaller point.
strike while the iron is hot — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
sudden infant death syndrome — death from the sudden cessation of breathing (apnea) of a seemingly healthy infant, almost always during sleep, sometimes traceable to a chronic oxygen deficiency. Abbreviation: SIDS.
super video graphics adapter — Super Video Graphics Array
super video graphics adaptor — Super Video Graphics Array
supplemental security income — income provided by the U.S. government to needy aged, blind, and disabled persons. Abbreviation: SSI.
systemic lupus erythematosus — an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the connective tissues, occurring mainly among middle-aged women, chiefly characterized by skin eruptions, joint pain, recurrent pleurisy, and kidney disease. Abbreviation: SLE.
systems administrators guild — (body, job) (SAGE) A special technical group of the USENIX Association.
systems network architecture — (networking) (SNA) IBM's proprietary high level networking protocol standard, used by IBM and IBM compatible mainframes. Also referred to as "Blue Glue", SNA is a bletcherous protocol once widely favoured at commercial shops. The official IBM definition is "that which binds blue boxes together." It may be relevant that Blue Glue is also a 3M product commonly used to hold down carpets in dinosaur pens.
take your eyes off something — When you take your eyes off the thing you have been watching or looking at, you stop looking at it.
tannu tuva people's republic — former name of Tuva Autonomous Republic.
teacher training certificate — a certificate that shows that a person is qualified to be a teacher
television interface adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (TIA) The graphics chip in the Atari 2600, also used as a sound chip for some arcade game.
text reckoning and compiling — (language) (TRAC) An interactive macro generator language for string manipulation by Calvin N. Mooers and Peter Deutsch of Sun Microsystems. TAC derived ideas from Macro SAP. There are versions for PDP-1, PDP-8, PDP-10 and PDP-11. See also MINT, SAM76. E-mail: Preston Briggs <[email protected]>.
the everglades national park — the Florida park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the Everglade swamps
the last word/the final word — If someone has the last word or the final word in a discussion, argument, or disagreement, they are the one who wins it or who makes the final decision.
the line of least resistance — If you take the line of least resistance in a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least resistance.
the long and the short of it — the essential points or facts
the medical research council — a government body that uses public funds to finance research in medicine
the world owes them a living — If you say that someone thinks that the world owes them a living, you are criticizing them because they think it is their right to have a comfortable life without having to make any effort at all.
the wrong side of the tracks — the unfashionable or poor district or stratum of a community
through rose-colored glasses — with optimism, esp. undue optimism
throw dust in someone's eyes — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
tissue plasminogen activator — an anticlotting enzyme, naturally occurring in small amounts in the blood.
to be in the interests of sb — to be to the advantage of somebody
to be on your home territory — to be in a situation in which one is at ease
to beat someone's brains out — To beat someone's brains out or bash their brains in means to hit their head very hard, so that they are badly injured or killed.
to come to a screeching halt — (of a motor vehicle) to stop suddenly, causing the brakes or tyres to produce a high-pitched sound
to get off on the wrong foot — If someone gets off on the wrong foot in a new situation, they make a bad start by doing something in completely the wrong way.
to get off to a flying start — If someone or something gets off to a flying start, or makes a flying start, they start very well, for example in a race or a new job.
to give somebody a thick ear — to hit sb on the ear or head
to have a bee in your bonnet — If you have a bee in your bonnet about something, you are so enthusiastic or worried about it that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it.
to have your cake and eat it — If you think that someone wants the benefits of doing two things when it is only reasonable to expect the benefits of doing one, you can say that they want to have their cake and eat it.
to know something for a fact — If you say that you know something for a fact, you are emphasizing that you are completely certain that it is true.
to leave a lot to be desired — If you say that something leaves a lot to be desired, you mean that it is not as good as it should be.
to make a clean breast of it — If you make a clean breast of something, you tell someone the truth about yourself or about something wrong that you have done.
to ruffle someone's feathers — To ruffle someone's feathers means to cause them to become very angry, nervous, or upset.
to set your face against sth — You can say that someone has set their face against something to indicate that they are opposed to it, especially when you want to suggest that they are wrong.
to set/put sb's mind at rest — To put someone's mind at rest or set their mind at rest means to stop them worrying about something.
to slip through your fingers — If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them.
to throw caution to the wind — If you throw caution to the wind, you behave in a way that is not considered sensible or careful.
to throw the book at someone — If someone in authority throws the book at someone who has committed an offence, they give the offender the greatest punishment that they are allowed to.
to throw the rule book at sb — to inflict the most severe punishment on someone
tower technology corporation — A company, established in 1992 by the merger of two OOT companies, with the intention of supplying high performance Eiffel compilation systems. Tower provides development tools, reusable class libraries, and services supporting large scale system development. E-mail: <[email protected]> (orders and inquiries), <[email protected]> (The Eiffel Outlook Journal). Telephone: +1 (512) 452 9455 (8:30 to 5:30 CST business days). Fax: +1 (512) 452 1721. Sales +1 (800) 285-5124 (Free, USA and Canada only). Address: Tower Technology, 1501 W. Koenig Lane, Austin, TX 78756, USA.

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