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15-letter words containing b, e, m, o

  • halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
  • homoerotophobia — Homophobia; antipathy towards homosexuals.
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • horned cucumber — a tropical African plant, Cucumis metuliferus, having fruit with spiky, orange skin and jellylike pulp that tastes like cucumbers.
  • humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
  • hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
  • ibero-maurusian — of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
  • imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
  • impossibilities — Plural form of impossibility.
  • incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
  • incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
  • indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
  • innominate bone — either of the two bones forming the sides of the pelvis, each consisting of three consolidated bones, the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
  • investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
  • irreformability — the state or condition of being irreformable
  • isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
  • job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
  • job requirement — a quality or qualification that you must have in order to be suitable for a certain job
  • job's comforter — a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages someone while attempting to be consoling.
  • jog sb's memory — If something or someone jogs your memory, they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten.
  • jukebox musical — a musical play or film that is based around a series of well-known popular songs
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • lobar pneumonia — pneumonia (def 2).
  • magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
  • make a comeback — popular again
  • make a habit of — If you make a habit of doing something, you do it regularly or often.
  • make sb welcome — If you make someone welcome or make them feel welcome, you make them feel happy and accepted in a new place.
  • manoeuvrability — The quality of being manoeuvrable.
  • marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
  • marriage broker — a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
  • mass-producible — to produce or manufacture (goods) in large quantities, especially by machinery.
  • matrix bar code — a type of 2D bar code that stores data in a matrix of geometrically shaped dark and light cells that represent bits. See also QR code.
  • mbogo, dr. fred — /*m-boh'goh, dok'tr fred/ [Stanford] The archetypal man you don't want to see about a problem, especially an incompetent professional; a shyster. "Do you know a good eye doctor?" "Sure, try Mbogo Eye Care and Professional Dry Cleaning." The name comes from synergy between "bogus" and the original Dr. Mbogo, a witch doctor who was Gomez Addams' physician on the old "Addams Family" TV show. Compare Bloggs Family, the, see also fred.
  • medicine bottle — a small bottle used to hold medicine
  • medieval breton — the Breton language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 12th to the mid-17th centuries.
  • medulloblastoma — (oncology) A malignant type of brain tumour that originates in the cerebellum.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
  • member function — A method in C++.
  • member of staff — an employee of a particular organization
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • microbusinesses — Plural form of microbusiness.
  • misbecomingness — the characteristic or state of being unbecoming or unattractive
  • moderate breeze — a wind of 13–18 miles per hour (5.8–8 m/sec).
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