23-letter words containing li

print services facility — (printer) (PSF) IBM's system software which generates native IBM printer language, IPDS and, depending on the version, PostScript and LaserJet PCL. See also: Advanced Function Presentation.
private limited company — a company whose shares can be bought by the public
probabilistic automaton — nondeterministic automaton
public enemy number one — (not in official use) a criminal at the top of the FBI's list of the ten most wanted criminals.
public sector borrowing — government borrowing to fund the public sector
public-key cryptography — public-key encryption
publicly-quoted company — a company whose shares are traded on a stock exchange
queen elizabeth islands — a group of islands off the N coast of Canada: the northernmost islands of the Canadian Arctic archipelago, lying N of latitude 74°N; part of Nunavut. Area: about 390 000 sq km (150 000 sq miles)
radial drilling machine — a machine in which the drilling head is mounted to slide along a radial arm which can be rotated, raised, or lowered on a vertical mast to adjust the position of the drill above the workpiece
rate-of-climb indicator — a flight instrument that indicates the rate of climb or descent of an aircraft.
red-bellied black snake — a highly venomous Australian black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus, with a reddish underside
respectability politics — the set of beliefs holding that conformity to socially acceptable or mainstream standards of appearance and behavior will protect a member of a marginalized or minority group from prejudices and systemic injustices: Black respectability politics perpetuate the fiction of a meritocracy in public education.
response generalization — generalization (def 4b).
response-generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
reverse polish notation — postfix notation
right circular cylinder — a cylinder generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.
rolling-element bearing — a roller bearing or ball bearing.
schizotypal personality — a personality disorder characterized by a group of symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia, as odd behavior, peculiar thinking, and social isolation.
sign on the dotted line — a line on a contract or similar document for a party's signature.
silicone breast implant — silicone filled bags that are implanted into a woman in order to increase the size of her breasts
slip between the cracks — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
socialist international — an international association of largely anti-Communist Social Democratic Parties, founded in Frankfurt in 1951
somaliland protectorate — official name of the former British Somaliland.
soviet of nationalities — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
sparkling mineral water — Sparkling mineral water is mineral water that is slightly carbonated.
specialite de la maison — the specialty of the house (used in referring to the most important dish served by a restaurant).
split-fingered fastball — a pitch, similar to the forkball but thrown with the same arm speed as a fastball, that drops suddenly as it nears the batter.
sterling software, inc. — (company) A software company which was bought out by Computer Associates International, Inc.
stimulus generalization — generalization (def 4a).
stimulus-generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
symbolic interactionism — a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings.
text processing utility — (language) (TPU) A DEC language for creation of text-processing interfaces, used to implement DEC's Extensible VAX Editor (EVE).
the fright of your life — You can use expressions such as the fright of your life or the race of your life to emphasize, for example, that you have never been so frightened or that you never have run faster.
the library of congress — the official library of the United States in Washington, DC. It houses extensive collections in all subject areas and formats, important historical documents, and is also a depository for copyrighted materials.
the metropolitan police — the police organization that is responsible for Greater London, excluding the City of London
the scottish parliament — the devolved national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh
to clip someone's wings — If you say that something or someone clips your wings, you mean that they restrict your freedom to do what you want.
to do intelligence work — to serve in the Intelligence Corps; to collect and analyze military information
to have a police record — If you say that somebody has a police record, you mean that they have committed a crime or crimes and the police have a record of this.
to have feelings for sb — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
to see the light of day — If something sees the light of day at a particular time, it comes into existence or is made known to the public at that time.
traffic-light labelling — a system of food labelling in which red, amber, and green symbols are used to indicate whether the food contains high, medium, or low amounts of sugar, fat, salt, etc
transcendental idealism — the Kantian doctrine that reality consists not of appearances, but of some other order of being whose existence can be inferred from the nature of human reason
treat someone like dirt — If you say that someone treats you like dirt, you are angry with them because you think that they treat you unfairly and with no respect.
trellis code modulation — (TCM) A modulation technique with hardware error detection and correction.
turn-and-slip indicator — bank-and-turn indicator.
valera y alcala galiano — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1824–1905, Spanish novelist, critic, diplomat, and statesman.
variable life insurance — an insurance policy whose annuity payments or payment to the beneficiary are not fixed but depend on the income earned by the investment of the premiums.
verifiability principle — the doctrine that if a nonanalytic statement is to be cognitively meaningful it must be empirically verifiable.
villiers de l'isle adam — August, Comte de (oɡyst, kɔ̃t də). 1838–89, French poet and dramatist; pioneer of the symbolist movement. His works include Contes cruels (1883) and the play Axel (1885)

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