16-letter words containing of
- reasons of state — political justifications for an immoral act
- regius professor — Crown-appointed holder of a university chair
- roll-on roll-off — transportation; transportation mode using trucks on railcars or ships
- roll-on/roll-off — ship: transporting vehicles
- rotation of axes — a process of replacing the axes in a Cartesian coordinate system with a new set of axes making a specified angle with and having the same origin as the original axes.
- rule of the road — any of the regulations concerning the safe handling of vessels under way with respect to one another, imposed by a government on ships in its own waters or upon its own ships on the high seas.
- sawn-off shotgun — A sawn-off shotgun is a shotgun on which the barrel has been cut short. Guns like this are often used by criminals because they can be easily hidden.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- score points off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
- seal of approval — royal stamp of endorsement
- seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
- security officer — civilian, policeman or soldier who is responsible for security in a town or country
- semiprofessional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- society of jesus — a member of a Roman Catholic religious order (Society of Jesus) founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1534.
- soft brown sugar — a type of moist sugar made by coating white sugar with dark molasses
- soft commodities — nonmetal commodities such as cocoa, sugar, and grains, bought and sold on a futures market
- soft furnishings — home fabrics
- soft in the head — stupid or foolish
- soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
- software library — a collection of programs that are used to develop software
- software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
- staffing officer — someone who recruits, hires, and ensures the interests of staff and employees in an organization
- standoff missile — a missile capable of striking a distant target after launch by an aircraft outside the range of missile defences
- state of affairs — situation
- state of the art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- state-of-the-art — the latest and most sophisticated or advanced stage of a technology, art, or science.
- step out of line — to fail to conform to expected standards, attitudes, etc
- streets ahead of — superior to, more advanced than, etc
- systems software — Computers. a collection of system programs for use with a particular computer system.
- tablets of stone — Stone is used in expressions such as set in stone and tablets of stone to suggest that an idea or rule is firm and fixed, and cannot be changed.
- take the lid off — to make startling or spectacular revelations about
- terms of payment — The terms of payment of a sale state how and when an invoice is to be paid.
- terms of service — the contract for acceptable use of digital media as defined by the developer. Abbreviation: TOS, ToS.
- the best part of — most of
- the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
- the hill of tara — the historic seat of the ancient Irish kings, in Co Meath near Dublin
- the story of mel — The story of Mel, a Real Programmer
- the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
- the years of sth — the period when sth happened or existed
- think nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- time out of mind — time immemorial (def 1).
- to be off limits — If an area or a place is off limits, you are not allowed to go there.
- to be out of sth — if you are out of something, you no longer have any of it
- to let go of sth — If you let go of a feeling, attitude, or the control that you have over something, you accept that you should give it up or that it should no longer influence you.
- to let off steam — If you let off steam, you get rid of your energy, anger, or strong emotions with physical activity or by behaving in a noisy or violent way.
- to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
- to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
- to stop short of — If someone stops short of doing something, they come close to doing it but do not actually do it.
- top-of-the-range — de luxe, expensive