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26-letter words containing v, o

  • high-definition television — a television system having twice the standard number of scanning lines per frame and producing a sharper image, and greater picture detail. Abbreviation: HDTV.
  • hydraulic torque converter — an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing a different torque in the other shaft.
  • hydrogenated vegetable oil — a vegetable oil that has undergone hydrogenation
  • individualized instruction — a teaching method tailored to the skills, abilities, and interests of the individual student
  • interactive voice response — (communications)   (IVR) A telecommunications system, prevelant with PBX and voice mail systems, that uses a prerecorded database of voice messages to present options to a user, typically over telephone lines. User input is retrieved via DTMF tone key presses. When used in conjunction with voice mail, for example, these systems typically allow users to store, retrieve, and route messages, as well as interact with an underlying database server which may allow for automated transactions and data processing. (15 Sept 1997)
  • intermediate-value theorem — the theorem that a function continuous between two points and having unequal values, a and b, at the two points takes on all values between a and b.
  • java database connectivity — (database, programming)   (JDBC) Part of the Java Development Kit which defines an application programming interface for Java for standard SQL access to databases from Java programs. See also Open Database Connectivity.
  • java open language toolkit — (project)   (JOLT) A project aimed at providing a freely available and redistributale implementation of Sun Microsystems's Java language and tools.
  • javascript object notation — (programming)   (JSON) Syntax for serialising JavaScript objects, often used as a data carrier format. JSON is based on a subset of the JavaScript programming language. It uses a file extension of .json and is considered a language-independent data format.
  • jefferson davis's birthday — June 3 or the first Monday in June, observed as a legal holiday in some Southern states.
  • leave to one's own devices — to allow to do as one wishes
  • make a virtue of necessity — moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
  • mammoth cave national park — a national park in central Kentucky: limestone caverns with onyx formations, stalagmites, and stalactites. 79 sq. mi. (205 sq. km).
  • most-favored-nation clause — a clause in a commercial treaty or contract by which each signatory agrees to give the other the same treatment that is or will be accorded any other nation.
  • national progressive party — Progressive party (def 1).
  • nature conservancy council — (in Britain) a body set up by act of parliament in 1973 to establish and manage nature reserves, identify SSSIs, and provide information and advice about nature conservation. In 1991–92 it was replaced by English Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, and the Countryside Council for Wales
  • netware directory services — (networking)   (NDS) Novell, Inc.'s directory services for Netware, Windows NT, and Unix. The NDS directory represents each network resource (user, hardware, or application) as an object of a certain class, where each class has certain properties. For example, User and Print Server are object classes and a user has over 80 properties such as name, login, password, department, and title. The directory is hierarchical, divided into branches by rules of containment. A given object can only belong to a given container (or branch). The rules governing classes, properties and, rules of containment are known as the schema.
  • not have a leg to stand on — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
  • on demand: usu phr after v — If something is available or happens on demand, you can have it or it happens whenever you want it or ask for it.
  • open database connectivity — (standard, database)   (ODBC) A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve databases. An application can submit statements to ODBC using the ODBC flavor of SQL. ODBC then translates these to whatever flavor the database understands. ODBC 1.0 was released in September 1992. ODBC is based on Call-Level Interface and was defined by the SQL Access Group. Microsoft was one member of the group and was the first company to release a commercial product based on its work (under Microsoft Windows) but ODBC is not a Microsoft standard (as many people believe). ODBC drivers and development tools are available now for Microsoft Windows, Unix, OS/2, and Macintosh.
  • orbiting solar observatory — OSO.
  • overdraft checking account — a bank account with a credit line permitting checks to be written for an amount above the account balance, subject to a finance charge on the overdraft.
  • pellagra-preventive factor — nicotinic acid or its amide, nicotinamide, being the vitamin-B-complex members that serve to prevent pellagra.
  • phenylpyruvic oligophrenia — phenylketonuria.
  • portable forth environment — (language)   (PFE) A highly portable Forth development system based on the ANSI standard for Forth, by Dirk-Uwe Zoller of FHT, Mannheim, Germany. PFE aims to be correct, complete, usable, and simple but it isn't optimised for speed. It supports all dpANS word sets. It runs on Linux, RS/6000, and HP-UX. E-mail: Guido Draheim <[email protected]>.
  • primo de rivera y orbaneja — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1870–1930, Spanish general and dictator 1923–30.
  • prince henry the navigator — Prince, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal.
  • privately held corporation — A privately held corporation is a company whose shares cannot be bought by the general public.
  • provence-alpes-côte d'azur — metropolitan region of SE France: 12,124 sq mi (31,401 sq km); pop. 4,258,000; chief city, Marseille
  • public-service corporation — a private or quasi-private corporation chartered to provide an essential commodity or service to the public.
  • record management services — (operating system)   (RMS) Procedures in the VMS operating system that programs call to process files and records within files. RMS allows programs to issue GET and PUT requests at the record level (record I/O) as well as read and write blocks (block I/O). VMS RMS is an integral part of the system software; its procedures run in executive mode.
  • repetitive strain disorder — overuse strain injury
  • ride roughshod over sb/sth — If you say that someone is riding roughshod over a person or their views, you disapprove of them because they are using their power or authority to do what they want, completely ignoring that person's wishes.
  • service discovery protocol — (protocol)   (SDP) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack that allows devices to connect to other services.
  • seven wonders of the world — the seven structures considered by ancient and medieval scholars to be the most wondrous of the ancient world. The list varies, but generally consists of the Pyramids of Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Phidias' statue of Zeus at Olympia, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Pharos (or lighthouse) of Alexandria
  • solemn league and covenant — an agreement (1643) between the parliaments of Scotland and England permitting the promotion of Presbyterianism in Scotland, England, and Ireland.
  • stamped addressed envelope — A stamped addressed envelope is an envelope with a stamp on it and your own name and address, which you send to someone so that something can be sent back to you. The abbreviation s.a.e. is also used.
  • super video graphics array — (hardware)   (SVGA) A video display standard created by VESA for IBM PC compatible personal computers. The resolution is 800 x 600 4-bit pixels. Each pixel can therefore be one of 16 colours. See Video Graphics Array.
  • take (or leave) the field — to begin (or withdraw from) activity in a game, military operation, etc.
  • take five (or ten, etc. ) — take a break for five (or ten, etc.) minutes, as from working
  • take leave of one's senses — to go mad or become irrational
  • tennessee valley authority — TVA.
  • textured vegetable protein — soya meat; a meat substitute that is made from soy flour
  • the department of the navy — the United States federal department that supports and leads the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps
  • to be in raptures over sth — be highly delighted with
  • to be in the driver's seat — to be in a position of control
  • to be on a starvation diet — to be on a strict diet
  • to be on the receiving end — If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant, you are the person that it happens to.
  • to be pressed into service — To press someone or something into service means to use them temporarily for a particular purpose.
  • to have your two penn'orth — during a discussion about something, if you have your two penn'orth or put in your two penn'orth, you add your own opinion
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