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31-letter words containing y, a, h

  • advertising standards authority — an independent UK body set up by the advertising industry to ensure that all advertisements comply with the British Code of Advertising Practice
  • binary synchronous transmission — (protocol)   (Bisynch) An IBM link protocol, developed in the 1960 and popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Binary Synchronous Transmission has been largely replaced in IBM environments with SDLC. Bisync was developed for batch communications between a System 360 computer and the IBM 2780 and 3780 Remote Job Entry (RJE) terminals. It supports RJE and on-line terminals in the CICS/VSE environment. It operates with EBCDIC or ASCII character sets. It requires that every message be acknowledged (ACK) or negatively acknowledged (NACK) so it has high transmission overhead. It is typically character oriented and half-duplex, although some of the bisync protocol flavours or dialects support binary transmission and full-duplex operation.
  • department of homeland security — the department of the U.S. federal government charged with protecting U.S. territory from terrorist attacks and providing a coordinated response to large-scale emergencies. Abbreviation: DHS.
  • dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane — DDT.
  • digital subtraction angiography — a computerized x-ray technique in which arteries are visualized following injection of dye into a vein. Abbreviation: DSA.
  • every cloud has a silver lining — If you say that every cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it.
  • four horsemen of the apocalypse — four riders on white, red, black, and pale horses symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death, respectively. Rev. 6:2–8.
  • general paralysis of the insane — a disease of the central nervous system: a late manifestation of syphilis, often occurring up to 15 years after the original infection, characterized by mental deterioration, speech defects, and progressive paralysis
  • geographical information system — Geographic Information System
  • go/take/carry (sth) to extremes — If a person goes to extremes or takes something to extremes, they do or say something in a way that people consider to be unacceptable, unreasonable, or foolish.
  • graphics language object system — (graphics, language)   (GLOS) A language with statements for describing graphics objects (line, circle, polygon, etc.), written by Michael J McLean and Brian Hicks at the University of Queensland, St. Lucia in 1978. New objects are defined using procedures. 2-D transformations are context dependent and may be nested.
  • hierarchical design methodology — (programming)   (HDM) A method for specifying software and systems using hierarchies of abstract machines, developed by Larry Robinson at SRI International circa 1975-1976. The specifications were written in SPECIAL.
  • histrionic personality disorder — a psychological disorder usually beginning in early adulthood, characterized by excessive emotional expression and attention-seeking behavior. Abbreviation: HPD.
  • human t-cell lymphotropic virus — HTLV.
  • in the olden days/in olden days — In the olden days or in olden days means in the past.
  • integrated systems architecture — (ISA for ODP) An Esprit 2 project continuing the ANSA project.
  • is that/do i make myself clear? — You can say 'Is that clear?' or 'Do I make myself clear?' after you have told someone your wishes or instructions, to make sure that they have understood you, and to emphasize your authority.
  • make heavy weather of something — to carry something out with great difficulty or unnecessarily great effort
  • office of technology assessment — a bipartisan agency, created in 1972, that informs and advises Congress about scientific and technical developments bearing on national policy. Abbreviation: OTA.
  • old lady of threadneedle street — the Bank of England (used as a nickname).
  • pay the piper and call the tune — to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it
  • purification of the virgin mary — the presentation of Jesus in the Temple after the completion of Mary's purification (Luke 2:22)
  • secondary sexual characteristic — any of various features distinguishing individuals of different sex but not directly concerned in reproduction. Examples are the antlers of a stag and the beard of a man
  • states' rights democratic party — a political party formed by dissident southern Democrats who opposed the candidacy of Harry Truman in 1948 and campaigned on a platform of states' rights.
  • supplementary ideographic plane — (text, standard)   (SIP) The third plane (plane 2) defined in Unicode/ISO 10646, designed to hold all the ideographs descended from Chinese writing (mainly found in Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese and Chinese) that aren't found in the Basic Multilingual Plane. The BMP was supposed to hold all ideographs in modern use; unfortunately, many Chinese dialects (like Cantonese and Hong Kong Chinese) were overlooked; to write these, characters from the SIP are necessary. This is one reason even non-academic software must support characters outside the BMP.
  • the courage of your convictions — If you have the courage of your convictions, you have the confidence to do what you believe is right, even though other people may not agree or approve.
  • the early bird catches the worm — If you say that the early bird catches the worm, you mean that the person who arrives first in a place is most likely to get what they want.
  • the economic and monetary union — a union of nations within the European Union sharing a single market and a single currency (the Euro)
  • the health and safety executive — the department of the United Kingdom government responsible for the regulation of health, safety, and welfare in the workplace
  • the internal security committee — a committee of the US House of Representatives that was abolished in 1975. Prior to its renaming in 1969, it was known as the House Un-American Activities Committee, and was notorious for its anti-Communist investigations in the late 1940s and 1950s
  • the national assembly for wales — the elected assembly for Wales, based in Cardiff, that has certain powers devolved from the UK government
  • to bite the hand that feeds you — If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on.
  • to give something a body swerve — to avoid something
  • to hang on someone's every word — If you hang on someone's every word, you listen very carefully to what they are saying, because you admire or respect them.
  • to take your hat off to someone — If you say that you take your hat off to someone, you mean that you admire them for something that they have done.
  • to wash your hands of something — If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them.
  • you could have heard a pin drop — You can say you could have heard a pin drop when a place is extremely quiet, especially because everyone is waiting for someone to speak or when someone has made a shocking remark.
  • you have no idea/you've no idea — You can say you have no idea to emphasize how good or bad something is.
  • you've got another think coming — you are mistaken and will soon have to alter your opinion

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