26-letter words containing y, o, u, r, e
- system product interpreter — Restructured EXtended eXecutor
- take the bull by the horns — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- tennessee valley authority — TVA.
- the fruits of your labours — the profits or gains achieved as a result of hard work
- the royal and ancient club — a golf club, headquarters of the sport's ruling body, based in St Andrews, Scotland
- to be made public property — to become known to everyone
- to call something your own — If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.
- to do sth by the rule book — to do something in the normal, accepted way
- to get off your high horse — if you tell someone to, or suggest that someone should, get off their high horse, you are suggesting they stop behaving in a superior manner
- to get your fingers burned — If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake.
- to get your house in order — If someone gets their house in order, puts their house in order, or sets their house in order, they arrange their affairs and solve their problems.
- 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
- to put your heads together — If two or more people put their heads together, they talk about a problem they have and try to solve it.
- to recharge your batteries — If you recharge your batteries, you take a break from activities which are tiring or difficult in order to relax and feel better when you return to these activities.
- to throw your weight about — If someone throws their weight around or throws their weight about, they act aggressively and use their authority over other people more than they need to.
- to work your way somewhere — If you work your way somewhere, you move or progress there slowly, and with a lot of effort or work.
- university of pennsylvania — (body, education) The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- very long instruction word — (language, architecture) (VLIW) Used to describe a machine code instruction set implemented using horizontal microcode. A horizontally encoded instruction word which encodes four or more operations might be considered "very long". VLIW architectures are sometimes classified as a type of static superscalar architecture. They are static in the sense that which units operate in parallel is determined by the instruction rather than by dynamic scheduling at run time. Producing code for VLIW machines is difficult; trace scheduling is a helpful compiler technique. The most famous VLIW machine was built by (the late) Multiflow Computer, Inc.
- voluntary service overseas — an organization that sends young volunteers to use and teach their skills in developing countries
- you wouldn't read about it — an expression of dismay, disgust, or disbelief
- young offender institution — (in Britain) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training, instruction, and work