19-letter words containing c, y, m, o, t
- dynamic translation — (architecture) A virtual machine implementation approach, used to speed up execution of byte-code programs. To execute a program unit such as a method or a function, the virtual machine compiles its bytecodes into (hardware) machine code. The translated code is also placed in a cache, so that next time that unit's machine code can be executed immediately, without repeating the translation. This technique was pioneered by the commercial Smalltalk implementation currently known as VisualWorks, in the early 1980s. Currently it is also used by some implementations of the Java Virtual Machine under the name JIT (Just In Time compilation).
- electrodynamometers — Plural form of electrodynamometer.
- electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
- electromagnetically — By means of electromagnetism.
- electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
- emergency telephone — a public telephone intended for use in emergencies: for example, at the side of a motorway
- family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- fellow countrywoman — a fellow countrywoman is a female citizen of the same state as the person speaking, writing, or being referred to
- ferrite core memory — (storage) (Or "core") An early form of non-volatile storage built (by hand) from tiny rings of magnetisable material threaded onto very fine wire to form large (e.g. 13"x13" or more) rectangluar arrays. Each core stored one bit of data. These were sandwiched between printed circuit boards(?). Sets of wires ran horizontally and vertically and where a vertical and horizontal wire crossed, a core had both wires threaded through it. A single core could be selected and magnetised by passing sufficient current through its horizontal and vertical wires. A core would retain its magnetisation until it was re-magnetised. The two possible polarities of magnetisation were used to represent the binary values zero and one. A third "sense" wire, passed through the core and, if the magnetisation of the core was changed, a small pulse would be induced in the sense wire which could be detected and used to deduce the core's original state. Some core memory was immersed in a bath of heated oil to improve its performance. Core memory was rendered obsolete by semiconductor memory. For example, the 1970s-era NCR 499 had two boards, each with 16 kilobytes of core memory.
- free-market economy — an economy based on the free market system
- freedom of the city — nominal citizenship in a city, conferred as an honor upon important visitors.
- hatfield-mccoy feud — a blood feud between two mountain clans on the West Virginia–Kentucky border, the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky, that grew out of their being on opposite sides during the Civil War and was especially violent during 1880–90.
- humanist technology — (philosophy) Technology centered around the interests, needs, and well-being of humans.
- hyperbolic geometry — the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that two distinct lines may be drawn parallel to a given line through a point not on the given line.
- hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypocholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia.
- immunocytochemistry — the detection of chemical components of cells by means of antibodies coupled to substances that can be made visible.
- impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
- incomprehensibility — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- inferiority complex — Psychiatry. intense feeling of inferiority, producing a personality characterized either by extreme reticence or, as a result of overcompensation, by extreme aggressiveness.
- inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
- interferometrically — By means of interferometry.
- joint-stock company — an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
- kinematic viscosity — the coefficient of viscosity of a fluid divided by the density, usually measured in stokes.
- lady baltimore cake — a white layer cake using only the beaten whites of eggs and spread with a fruitnut filling consisting of raisins, figs, walnuts or pecans, and sometimes candied cherries.
- magnetohydrodynamic — Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.
- maratha confederacy — a loose league of states in central and western India, c1750–1818.
- mary mcleod bethune — Mary McLeod [muh-kloud] /məˈklaʊd/ (Show IPA), 1875–1955, U.S. educator and civil-rights leader.
- mary wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- maternity allowance — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a payment made to a pregnant woman who usually works but does not qualify for statutory maternity pay, normally from 11 weeks before confinement for a period of 18 weeks
- mayor of the palace — one of a line of hereditary administrative lieutenants to the Merovingian kings who eventually took over royal function and title in the Frankish kingdoms; a palatine.
- metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
- microelectronically — by microcircuits
- ministry of defence — the government department responsible for the country's military measures or resources
- molar heat capacity — the heat capacity of one mole of a substance.
- molecular astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the study of molecules in space.
- monoclonal antibody — antibody produced by a laboratory-grown cell clone, either of a hybridoma or a virus-transformed lymphocyte, that is more abundant and uniform than natural antibody and is able to bind specifically to a single site on almost any chosen antigen or reveal previously unknown antigen sites: used as an analytic tool in scientific research and medical diagnosis and potentially important in the treatment of certain diseases. Abbreviation: MAb.
- mutual fund company — a company that sells and manages mutual funds
- narcotics anonymous — an organization that helps drug users recover from drug addiction
- nonthrombocytopenic — Not thrombocytopenic.
- on an empty stomach — If you do something on an empty stomach, you do it without having eaten.
- outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
- parasympathomimetic — having an effect similar to that produced when the parasympathetic nervous system is stimulated
- party-column ballot — Indiana ballot.
- performance anxiety — the stage fright that a person feels when they are about to perform (a play, piece of music etc) in front of an audience
- phenylthiocarbamide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- photographic memory — total recall
- pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
- polytene chromosome — a giant, cross-banded chromosome that results from multiple replication of its genetic material with the duplicated chromatin strands remaining closely associated.