28-letter words containing t, s

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 someone's bad books — If you are in someone's bad books, they are annoyed with you. If you are in their good books, they are pleased with you.
to be in the interests of sb — to be to the advantage of somebody
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 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 cut something to the bone — If something such as costs are cut to the bone, they are reduced to the minimum possible.
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 handle sb with kid gloves — to treat someone with great tact or caution
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 make someone's blood boil — If you say that something makes your blood boil, you are emphasizing that it makes you very angry.
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 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 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.
to take something lying down — If someone takes an insult or attack lying down, they accept it without protesting.
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
tree transformation language — (functional programming) (TXL) A hybrid functional language and rule-based language developed by J.R. Cordy <[email protected]> et al of Queen's University, Canada in 1988. TXL is suitable for performing source to source analysis and transformation and for rapid prototyping of new languages and language processors. It uses structural transformation based on term rewriting. TXL has been particularly successful in software engineering tasks such as design recovery, refactoring, and reengineering. Most recently it has been applied to artificial intelligence tasks such as recognition of hand-written mathematics, and to transformation of structured documents in XML. TXL takes as input an arbitrary context-free grammar in extended BNF-like notation, and a set of show-by-example transformation rules to be applied to inputs parsed using the grammar. TXL supports the notion of agile parsing, the ability to tailor the grammar to each particular task using "grammar overrides".
turn (or put) one's hand to — to undertake; work at
turn the screw(s) on someone — If you turn or tighten the screw on someone, you increase the pressure which is already on them, for example by using threats, in order to force them to do a particular thing.
uninterruptible power supply — (hardware) (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. Different rating UPSs will provide power for different lengths of time. Modern UPSs connect to the computer's serial port and provide information such as battery time remaining, allowing the computer to shut down gracefully before complete loss of power.
united states postal service — an independent federal agency created in 1971 to replace the Post Office Department as the division of the federal government responsible for postal services. Abbreviation: USPS.
university extension courses — courses provided by universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
until sb is blue in the face — If you say that someone can do something until they are blue in the face, you are emphasizing that however much they do it, it will not make any difference.
variable-density wind tunnel — a closed-circuit wind tunnel entirely contained in a casing in which the pressure and therefore the density of the working fluid can be maintained at a preselected value
vendor independent messaging — (networking) (VIM) An electronic mail API promoted by an industry group headed by Lotus Development. VIM is a competitor to Microsoft's MAPI.
very large scale integration — VLSI.
very large-scale integration — the process of fabricating a few thousand logic gates or more in a single integrated circuit
very small aperture terminal — (communications) (VSAT) A kind of ground station used to contact a communications satellite such as INMARSAT.
virgin islands national park — a national park on St. John Island, Virgin Islands: prehistoric Indian relics. 24 sq. mi. (62 sq. km).
wake up and smell the coffee — to face up to reality, especially in an unpleasant situation
walden, or life in the woods — a book of philosophical observations (1854) by Thoreau.
waterton lakes national park — a national park in W Canada, in S Alberta. 220 sq. mi. (570 sq. km).
what you see is what you get — (jargon) (WYSIWYG) /wiz'ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. This is in contrast to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback. True WYSIWYG in environments supporting multiple fonts or graphics is rarely-attained; there are variants of this term to express real-world manifestations including WYSIAWYG (What You See Is *Almost* What You Get) and WYSIMOLWYG (What You See Is More or Less What You Get). All these can be mildly derogatory, as they are often used to refer to dumbed-down user-friendly interfaces targeted at non-programmers; a hacker has no fear of obscure commands (compare WYSIAYG). On the other hand, Emacs was one of the very first WYSIWYG editors, replacing (actually, at first overlaying) the extremely obscure, command-based TECO. See also WIMP.
windows management interface — (Microsoft, system management) (WMI) Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management, a DMTF initiative to establish standards for accessing and sharing system management information over an enterprise network.
wireless encryption protocol — Wired Equivalent Privacy
with/have sth to your credit — If you already have one or more achievements to your credit, you have achieved them.
within an inch of one's life — almost to the point of death
work projects administration — WPA.
would not say boo to a goose — is extremely timid or diffident
wouldn't be seen/caught dead — If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.

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