22-letter words containing u, h, f
- against the run of sth — If something happens against the run of play or against the run of events, it is different from what is generally happening in a game or situation.
- ali muhammad of shiraz — (the Bab; Ali Muhammad of Shiraz) 1819–50, a Persian religious leader: founder of Bābī.
- be brought to bed (of) — to give birth (to)
- behaviour modification — the use of techniques to change someone's behaviour by reinforcing desired behaviour
- black hole of calcutta — a small dungeon in which in 1756 the Nawab of Bengal reputedly confined 146 English prisoners, of whom only 23 survived
- brush-footed butterfly — any of several butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, including the fritillaries, mourning cloaks, anglewings, and commas, characterized by reduced, nonfunctional forelegs.
- buffered write-through — (memory management) A variation of write-through where the cache uses a "write buffer" to hold data being written back to main memory. This frees the cache to service read requests while the write is taking place. There is usually only one stage of buffering so subsequent writes must wait until the first is complete. Most accesses are reads so buffered write-through is only useful for very slow main memory.
- chlorotrifluoromethane — a colorless gas, CClF 3 , used chiefly as a refrigerant, in the hardening of metals, and in pharmaceutical processing.
- church of the brethren — the official name of the church of the Dunkers.
- come out of the closet — If someone comes out of the closet, they tell people that they are homosexual after having kept this a secret.
- covered with confusion — greatly embarrassed
- curvature of the spine — a condition in which the spine is abnormally curved
- flushed with something — very excited because of some success or triumph
- foot-and-mouth disease — an acute, contagious, febrile disease of cattle, hogs, sheep, and other hoofed animals, caused by any of various rhinoviruses and characterized by vesicular eruptions in the mouth and about the hoofs, teats, and udder.
- for a laugh/for laughs — If you do something for a laugh or for laughs, you do it as a joke or for fun.
- four-hundred-day clock — a clock that needs to be wound once a year, having the works exposed under a glass dome and utilizing a torsion pendulum.
- frequency shift keying — (communications) (FSK) The use of frequency modulation to transmit digital data, i.e. two different carrier frequencies are used to represent zero and one. FSK was originally used to transmit teleprinter messages by radio (RTTY) but can be used for most other types of radio and land-line digital telegraphy. More than two frequencies can be used to increase transmission rates.
- fresh out of something — If you are fresh out of something, you have recently used the last of it and have none left.
- from the horse's mouth — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- front of house manager — A front of house manager is responsible for the reception and reservations at a hotel.
- full english breakfast — morning meal of eggs, bacon, etc.
- grand duchy of muscovy — Muscovy (def 1).
- hague peace conference — a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1899, that established The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration.
- hammersmith and fulham — a borough of Greater London on the River Thames: established in 1965 by the amalgamation of Fulham and Hammersmith. Pop: 174 200 (2003 est). Area: 16 sq km (6 sq miles)
- hoof-and-mouth disease — foot-and-mouth disease.
- house of bernarda alba — a drama (1941) by Federico García Lorca.
- human interface device — (hardware) (HID) Any device to interact directly with humans (mostly input) like keyboard, mouse, joystick, or graphics tablet.
- if push comes to shove — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- in on the ground floor — in at the beginning (of a business, etc.) and thus in an especially advantageous position
- isthmus of tehuantepec — the narrowest part of S Mexico, with the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec (an inlet of the Pacific) on the south coast
- jump in with both feet — to enter into an activity or venture wholeheartedly
- kill yourself laughing — If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny.
- land of the rising sun — Japan.
- life of samuel johnson — a biography (1791) by James Boswell.
- like a bat out of hell — very fast
- lund software house ab — (company) The company who produced Lund Simula. Address: Box 7056, S-22007 Lund, Sweden.
- nonspecific urethritis — nongonococcal urethritis.
- of the first magnitude — of the greatest importance
- phenolsulfonephthalein — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
- put the frighteners on — to intimidate
- request for technology — (RFT) The process established by the OSF to get proposals for new standards.
- save the children fund — a development agency which raises money for deprived children around the world
- search the fucking web — (web, jargon) (Always abbreviated STFW) A response implying that an inquirer could have easily found an answer to his question using Google or some other web search engine. It is now often quicker and more productive to search the World-Wide Web than to RTFM.
- self-sustaining growth — economic growth that maintains itself without intervention
- south african republic — former name of Transvaal.
- suffice it to say that — let us say no more than that; I shall just say that
- surface effect vehicle — ACV (def 2).
- take the mickey out of — to deflate (a person)
- the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
- the end of your tether — If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
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