28-letter words containing t, h, o, m, s, n
- a poster child for something — a person who is a good, or typical example of something; a prominent exemplar of something
- a shot across someone's bows — a warning
- a stick to beat someone with — If you say that something is a stick to beat someone with, you mean that it is used, or could be used, as a basis for criticism.
- apple-touch-icon-precomposed — (programming) An alternative form of apple-touch-icon that is not subject to automatic modification (rounding, drop-shadow, reflective shine) as applied by iOS versions prior to iOS 7. A web page specifies a pre-composed icon by including an element in the like:
- at the discretion of someone — If something happens at someone's discretion, it can happen only if they decide to do it or give their permission.
- bath and north east somerset — a unitary authority in SW England, in Somerset; formerly (1974–96) part of the county of Avon. Pop: 170 900 (2003 est). Area: 351 sq km (136 sq miles)
- bring something to its knees — to cause something to be in a weakened or impoverished state
- by main force (or strength) — by sheer force (or strength)
- can't tell chalk from cheese — to be unable to judge or appreciate important differences
- case data interchange format — (CDIF) An emerging standard for interchange of data between CASE tools.
- cut someone off at the knees — Anatomy. the joint of the leg that allows for movement between the femur and tibia and is protected by the patella; the central area of the leg between the thigh and the lower leg.
- datastorm technologies, inc. — (company) The original suppliers of Procomm. Address: Columbia MO, USA.
- disability rights commission — (in Britain) a body appointed by the Government to enforce anti-discrimination law affecting people with disabilities
- eat sb out of house and home — If you eat someone out of house and home, you eat a lot of their food, especially when you are living with them.
- environmental health service — (in Britain) a service provided by a local authority, which deals with prevention of the spread of communicable diseases, food safety and hygiene, control of infestation by insects or rodents, etc
- fifth dimension technologies — (company, virtual reality) (5DT) Manufacturers of the 5th Glove.
- follicle-stimulating hormone — FSH.
- formal description technique — (specification, protocol) (FDT) A formal method for developing telecomunications services and protocols. FDTs range from abstract to implementation-oriented descriptions. All FDTs offer the means for producing unambiguous descriptions of OSI services and protocols in a more precise and comprehensive way than natural language descriptions. They provide a foundation for analysis and verification of a description. The target of analysis and verification may vary from abstract properties to concrete properties. Natural language descriptions remain an essential adjunct to formal description, enabling an unfarmiliar reader to gain rapid insight into the structure and function of services and protocols. Examples of FDTs are LOTOS, Z, SDL, and Estelle.
- get no change out of someone — not to be successful in attempts to exploit or extract information from someone
- get something off your chest — If you get something off your chest, you talk about something that has been worrying you.
- give someone the worst of it — to defeat or get the better of someone
- go from strength to strength — If a person or organization goes from strength to strength, they become more and more successful or confident.
- have something going for one — to have something working to one's advantage
- high performance file system — (file system) (HPFS) The native file system for IBM's OS/2.
- imperial software technology — (company) A software engineering company which emerged from Imperial College in about 1982. It enjoys a world-wide reputation for technical excellence as a software product and technology provider in the Open Systems market. Its flagship product is X-Designer, the award-winning graphical user interface builder. It also has considerable expertise in the Z language and Formal Methods.
- machine-assisted translation — translation done by a human translator who uses computer software to assist with the translation
- make one's hair stand on end — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- morpheme structure condition — (in generative phonology) a constraint on the occurrence of sounds or sequences of sounds in the phonological representation of morphemes.
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation — a method of artificial respiration in which a person rhythmically blows air into the victim's lungs, either directly, by placing the mouth over the patient's, or through a tube.
- not have room to swing a cat — to have very little space
- object-oriented polymorphism — (programming) The kind of polymorphism found in object-oriented programming languages where a variable can refer to an object whose class is not known exactly until run time. A method can use a variable of a given class - call other methods on it, pass it as an argument, etc. - without needing to know to which subclass it refers, as long as its actual class is compatible with those uses.
- positron emission tomography — the process of producing a PET scan.
- read the riot act to someone — to warn or reprimand someone severely
- second law of thermodynamics — any of three principles variously stated in equivalent forms, being the principle that the change of energy of a thermodynamic system is equal to the heat transferred minus the work done (first law of thermodynamics) the principle that no cyclic process is possible in which heat is absorbed from a reservoir at a single temperature and converted completely into mechanical work (second law of thermodynamics) and the principle that it is impossible to reduce the temperature of a system to absolute zero in a finite number of operations (third law of thermodynamics)
- shared-appreciation mortgage — a type of mortgage that carries a smaller down payment or lower interest rate than usual in return for the lender's sharing in the appreciation of the property at some future date, as at the time of its sale. Abbreviation: SAM.
- shut one's eyes to something — If you say that someone shuts their eyes to something, you mean that they deliberately ignore something which they should deal with.
- smooth endoplasmic reticulum — a network of tubular membranes within the cytoplasm of the cell, occurring either with a smooth surface (smooth endoplasmic reticulum) or studded with ribosomes (rough endoplasmic reticulum) involved in the transport of materials.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- throw dust in someone's eyes — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- to be no let-up in something — if there is no let-up in something, usually something unpleasant, there is no reduction in the intensity of it
- 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 cut something to the bone — If something such as costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced to the minimum possible.
- 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 play into someone's hands — If you play into someone's hands, you do something which they want you to do and which places you in their power.
- to ruffle someone's feathers — To ruffle someone's feathers means to cause them to become very angry, nervous, or upset.
- to stand comparison with sth — If someone or something stands or bears comparison with another person or thing, they are as good, or almost as good.
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