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20-letter words containing t, i, m, d

  • endorsement in blank — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
  • equity of redemption — the right that a mortgager has in equity to redeem his property on payment of the sum owing, even though the sum is overdue
  • essential amino acid — an amino acid that cannot be synthesized in the body and is thus an essential component of the diet
  • estrela mountain dog — a sturdy well-built dog of a Portuguese breed with a long thick coat and a thick tuft of hair round the neck, often used as a guard dog
  • fair-trade agreement — an agreement or contract between a manufacturer and a retailer to sell a branded or trademarked product at no less than a specific price: legally prohibited after 1975.
  • federation of malaya — a federation of the nine Malay States of the Malay Peninsula and two of the Straits Settlements (Malacca and Penang): formed in 1948: became part of the British Commonwealth in 1957 and joined Malaysia in 1963
  • first world problems — If you say that someone has First World problems, you mean that their problems are not really very important.
  • frequency modulation — FM.
  • fulminating compound — a fulminate.
  • fundamental particle — elementary particle.
  • gastroduodenostomies — Plural form of gastroduodenostomy.
  • genetically modified — biologically altered
  • get away with murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
  • guillaume de machaut — Guillaume de [French gee-yohm duh] /French giˈyoʊm də/ (Show IPA), Guillaume de Machaut.
  • hawaii-standard-time — Alaska-Hawaii time.
  • helmeted guinea fowl — the common guinea fowl in its wild state.
  • hexadecimal notation — a number system having a base 16; the symbols for the numbers 0–9 are the same as those used in the decimal system, and the numbers 10–15 are usually represented by the letters A–F. The system is used as a convenient way of representing the internal binary code of a computer
  • horizontal microcode — (processor)   Microcode using horizontal encoding.
  • hyperadrenocorticism — Cushing's syndrome.
  • hypodermic injection — the injection of a medicine or drug under the skin
  • i don't mind if i do — You can say 'I don't mind if I do' as a way of accepting something that someone has offered you, especially food or drink.
  • imported currantworm — the larva of any of several insects, as a sawfly, Nematus ribesii (imported currantworm) which infests and feeds on the leaves and fruit of currants.
  • in bad circumstances — (of a person) in a bad financial situation
  • in double-quick time — In double-quick time means the same as double-quick.
  • in the public domain — able to be discussed and examined freely by the general public
  • in trim/in good trim — When people are in trim or in good trim, they are in good physical condition.
  • incomplete dominance — the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.
  • incorporated company — a legally constituted company
  • incremental recorder — a device for recording data as it is generated, usually on paper tape or magnetic tape, and feeding it into a computer
  • independently-minded — self-reliant and seeking autonomy
  • indian cucumber root — a North American plant, Medeola virginiana, of the lily family, having whorled leaves, nodding, greenish-yellow flowers, and an edible root.
  • industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
  • information builders — Distributors of LEVEL5 OBJECT. Telephone +1 800 969 INFO.
  • information industry — businesses that involve collecting and using information
  • information overload — an excess of incoming information, as might confront a pedestrian on a crowded city street, that forces one to be selective in the information received and retained.
  • initial program load — (operating system)   (IPL) The procedure used to (re-)start a computer system by copying the operating system kernel into main memory and running it. Part of the boot sequence.
  • inland revenue stamp — a certificate issued by the Inland Revenue to acknowledge payment of tax
  • intermediate section — The intermediate section is the section of the borehole after the top hole, which has more consolidated rock.
  • internal hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
  • inventory adjustment — Inventory adjustments are increases or decreases made in inventory to account for theft, loss, breakages, and errors in the amount or number of items received.
  • java development kit — (language, compiler)   (JDK) A free Sun Microsystems product which provides the environment required for programming in Java. The JDK is available for a variety of platforms, but most notably Sun Solaris and Microsoft Windows.
  • justifiable homicide — murder committed under extenuating circumstances
  • lieutenant commander — a commissioned officer ranking next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
  • light-emitting diode — LED.
  • like death warmed up — very ill
  • linage advertisement — advertisements which are costed and paid for according to the number of lines in them
  • longitudinal framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
  • macular degeneration — degeneration of the central portion of the retina, resulting in a loss of sharp vision.
  • madwoman of chaillot — a satirical comedy (1945) by Jean Giraudoux.
  • magnetic card reader — a device that scans and interprets information from a card with a magnetic stripe
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