17-letter words containing c, o, m, r, i, e

multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
national cemetery — a cemetery, maintained by the U.S. government, for persons who have served honorably in the armed forces.
nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
non-comprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
non-materialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
non-reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
nonstoichiometric — (of a solid compound) having a composition in which the ratio of the atoms present is not a simple integer
north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
not mince matters — to speak frankly
nuclear isomerism — isomerism (def 2).
nuclear-isomerism — Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
numerical control — control of a machine tool, or other device used in a manufacturing process, by a computer, other control circuitry, or recorded digital commands.
omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
optical isomerism — stereoisomerism in which the isomers are identical in molecular weight and most chemical and physical properties but differ in their effect on the rotation of polarized light.
organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
over-compensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
pair of compasses — compass (def 7)
paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
parathyroidectomy — the excision of a parathyroid gland.
per capita income — the total income of an area or country divided by the number of people in that area or country
per procurationem — by one acting as an agent; by proxy.
pernicious anemia — Pernicious anemia is a very severe blood disease.
phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
police department — A police department is an official organization which is responsible for making sure that people obey the law.
pre-communication — the act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated.
pre-modifications — an act or instance of modifying.
precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
primary education — junior, elementary schooling
primary processes — the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.
pro forma invoice — an invoice issued before an order is placed or before the goods are delivered giving all the details and the cost of the goods
production number — a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like.
production system — (programming) A production system consists of a collection of productions (rules), a working memory of facts and an algorithm, known as forward chaining, for producing new facts from old. A rule becomes eligible to "fire" when its conditions match some set of elements currently in working memory. A conflict resolution strategy determines which of several eligible rules (the conflict set) fires next. A condition is a list of symbols which represent constants, which must be matched exactly; variables which bind to the thing they match and "<> symbol" which matches a field not equal to symbol. Example production systems are OPS5, CLIPS, flex.
profile component — attainment targets in different subjects brought together for the general assessment of a pupil
protective system — protectionism (def 1).
proton microscope — a powerful type of microscope that uses a beam of protons, giving high resolution and sharp contrast
pseudo-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
pseudo-moralistic — a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
psychometric test — a test designed to test a person's mental state, personality and thought processes
radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
recoil escapement — anchor escapement.
reconstructionism — a 20th-century movement among U.S. Jews, founded by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, advocating that Judaism, being a culture and way of life as well as a religion, is in sum a religious civilization requiring constant adaptation to contemporary conditions so that Jews can identify more readily and meaningfully with the Jewish community.
recursion formula — a formula for determining the next term of a sequence from one or more of the preceding terms.
recursive acronym — (convention) A hackish (and especially MIT) tradition is to choose acronyms and abbreviations that refer humorously to themselves or to other acronyms or abbreviations. The classic examples were two MIT editors called EINE ("EINE Is Not Emacs") and ZWEI ("ZWEI Was EINE Initially"). More recently, there is a Scheme compiler called LIAR (Liar Imitates Apply Recursively), and GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix!" - and a company with the name CYGNUS, which expands to "Cygnus, Your GNU Support". See also mung.
redemption center — a commercial establishment at which trading stamps of a specific brand may be exchanged for merchandise.
reduction formula — a formula, such as sin (90° ± A) = cos A, expressing the values of a trigonometric function of any angle greater than 90° in terms of a function of an acute angle
renaissance woman — a woman who has acquired profound knowledge or proficiency in more than one field.

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