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18-letter words containing f, i, n, e

  • locally finite set — a collection of sets in a topological space in which each point of the space has a neighborhood that intersects a finite number of sets of the collection.
  • lone-parent family — a family in which there is only one parent
  • looking-glass self — the self-image an individual forms by imagining what others think of his or her behavior and appearance.
  • magnetic amplifier — an amplifier that applies the input signal to a primary winding and feeds an alternating current to a secondary winding where this current is modulated by the variations in the primary winding.
  • make a beeline for — head directly towards
  • make a night of it — to cause an activity to last a night
  • make no difference — to have no effect; not matter
  • manufacturing base — the manufacturing industries of an area or a country considered as a unit and a constituent part of the economy
  • medical profession — the body of people who work as doctors of medicine
  • medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
  • mendel's first law — the principle, originated by Gregor Mendel, stating that during the production of gametes the two copies of each hereditary factor segregate so that offspring acquire one factor from each parent.
  • merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
  • mexican fire-plant — a showy plant, Euphorbia heterophylla, of the spurge family, growing in the central U.S. to central South America, having red or mottled red and white bracts.
  • microsoft exchange — (messaging)   Microsoft's messaging and enterprise collaboration server. Exchange's primary role is as an electronic mail message store but it can also store calendars, task lists, contact details, and other data.
  • microsoft extended — (computer)   (MSX) A Range of computers created in an attempt by the industry to create a standard for home computers, similar to VHS did with home video. The basic MSX machine contained a Z80 CPU working at 3.58MHz. MSX machines were produced by such giants as Sony, Yamaha, Panasonic, Toshiba, Daewoo, and Philips. The MSX standard was designed by a company called ASCII in cooperation with Microsoft who provided a firmware version of its BASIC for the machine. Because this BASIC version was an extended version of MicroSoft Basic, it was called "MicroSoft eXtended BASIC"; Hence "MSX". Microsoft also produced MSX-DOS - a stripped-down version of MS-DOS. Extensions to the MSX included MSX2, MSX2+ and TurboR.
  • minister of health — a person appointed to head the government department of health
  • missing definition — (introduction)   First, this is an (English language) computing dictionary. It includes lots of terms from related fields such as mathematics and electronics, but if you're looking for (or want to submit) words from other subjects or general English words or other languages, try http://wikipedia.org/, http://onelook.com/, http://yourdictionary.com/, http://www.dictionarist.com/ or http://reference.allrefer.com/. If you've already searched the dictionary for a computing term and it's not here then please don't tell me. There are, and always will be, a great many missing terms, no dictionary is ever complete. I use my limited time to process the corrections and definitions people have submitted and to add the most frequently requested missing terms. Try one of the sources mentioned above or http://techweb.com/encyclopedia/, http://whatis.techtarget.com/ or http://google.com/. See the Help page for more about missing definitions and bad cross-references.
  • mixed-flow turbine — a water turbine in which water flows radially and axially through the rotating vanes
  • money of necessity — temporary coinage, as siege pieces, issued in areas where regular coinage is unavailable: sometimes of unusual materials, as leather or wood.
  • morning-after pill — a contraceptive pill containing only an estrogen and used by women within a few hours after sexual intercourse.
  • negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
  • new forest disease — an infectious eye disease causing acute eye pain in cattle
  • nike of samothrace — a Greek marble statue (c200 b.c.) of Nike found at Samothrace and now in the Louvre, Paris.
  • no sign of someone — If you say that there is no sign of someone, you mean that they have not yet arrived, although you are expecting them to come.
  • no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
  • non-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • non-identification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • non-inertial frame — a frame of reference that moves with the object, so that the moving object appears to violate Newton's laws of motion since it accelerates despite having no horizontal forces on it.
  • non-self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • nonpreferentialism — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
  • north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
  • not in a fit state — If you say that someone is not in a fit state to do something, you mean that they are too upset or ill to do it.
  • notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
  • nursery facilities — places where young children are looked after
  • oath of allegiance — pledge to one's nation
  • off-street parking — spaces for cars located on private property rather than on a public street
  • offensive material — any published or broadcast content (such as articles, photographs, films, or websites) that is likely to be upsetting, insulting, or objectionable to some or most people
  • office of readings — the first of the canonical hours; matins
  • oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
  • oil of wintergreen — methyl salicylate.
  • once in a lifetime — extremely rarely
  • operating software — software used in the operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control
  • order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
  • osteitis deformans — Paget's disease.
  • out of the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
  • overdraft interest — interest charged on money withdrawn in excess of the credit balance of a bank or building society account
  • overidentification — an act or instance of identifying; the state of being identified.
  • paper handkerchief — a handkerchief made from tissue paper
  • peacekeeping force — a force designated to the maintenance of peace, esp the prevention of further fighting between hostile forces in an area
  • pedestrian traffic — the people coming and going on foot in a street, town, etc
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