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17-letter words containing f, p, o

  • implicit function — See at implicit (def 4).
  • impossible figure — a picture of an object that at first sight looks three-dimensional but cannot be a two-dimensional projection of a real three-dimensional object, for example a picture of a staircase that re-enters itself while appearing to ascend continuously
  • improper fraction — a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
  • in a fit of pique — If someone does something in a fit of pique, they do it suddenly because they are annoyed at being not treated properly.
  • in forma pauperis — as a poor person; i.e. without paying court costs
  • in one fell swoop — to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
  • in the process of — If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
  • in/out of keeping — If one thing is in keeping with another, it is suitable in relation to that thing. If one thing is out of keeping with another, it is not suitable in relation to that thing.
  • incomplete flower — a flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.
  • inertial platform — self-contained navigational devices used in inertial guidance, along with their mounting.
  • interprofessional — following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain: a professional builder.
  • isthmus of panama — an isthmus linking North and South America, between the Pacific and the Caribbean. Length: 676 km (420 miles). Width (at its narrowest point): 50 km (31 miles)
  • job specification — a detailed description of the qualifications, skills, and experience required for a particular post of employment
  • judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
  • jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
  • jumping-off point — A jumping-off point or a jumping-off place is a place, situation, or occasion which you use as the starting point for something.
  • laplace transform — a map of a function, as a signal, defined especially for positive real values, as time greater than zero, into another domain where the function is represented as a sum of exponentials.
  • least fixed point — (mathematics)   A function f may have many fixed points (x such that f x = x). For example, any value is a fixed point of the identity function, (\ x . x). If f is recursive, we can represent it as f = fix F where F is some higher-order function and fix F = F (fix F). The standard denotational semantics of f is then given by the least fixed point of F. This is the least upper bound of the infinite sequence (the ascending Kleene chain) obtained by repeatedly applying F to the totally undefined value, bottom. I.e. fix F = LUB {bottom, F bottom, F (F bottom), ...}. The least fixed point is guaranteed to exist for a continuous function over a cpo.
  • liberty of speech — freedom of speech.
  • life imprisonment — long-term prison sentence
  • life of the party — most lively, outgoing person
  • matter of opinion — a point open to question; a debatable statement
  • mayflower compact — an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
  • method of payment — cash, credit card, cheque, etc.
  • microfilm plotter — a type of incremental plotter that has a film rather than a paper output
  • microsoft project — (product)   A Microsoft Windows program offering various project management tools.
  • mode of transport — means of travel
  • non-profit-making — A non-profit-making organization or charity is not run with the intention of making a profit.
  • non-proliferation — Non-proliferation is the limiting of the production and spread of something such as nuclear or chemical weapons.
  • not spare oneself — to exert oneself to the full
  • noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
  • office by example — (language)   (OBE) A sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented.
  • oil of turpentine — a colorless, flammable, volatile essential oil having a penetrating odor and a pungent, bitter taste, obtained from turpentine oleoresin by distillation: used in paints and varnishes, and in medicine as a carminative, vermifuge, expectorant, rubefacient, and, formerly, as a diuretic.
  • one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
  • open-channel flow — Open-channel flow is a liquid flow in a channel, which has a free liquid surface.
  • origin of species — (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution.
  • out of proportion — exaggerated, excessive
  • pacific northwest — the region of North America lying north of the Columbia River and west of the Rockies
  • pacific tree frog — a common terrestrial frog, Hyla regilla, of western North America, having a dark stripe along each side of the head.
  • pair of compasses — compass (def 7)
  • palette of narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
  • paratyphoid fever — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
  • parts of kesteven — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
  • pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
  • peacock butterfly — a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • peer of the realm — any of a class of peers in Great Britain and Ireland entitled by heredity to sit in the House of Lords.
  • perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
  • performance bonus — a monetary bonus paid to staff who have performed well in their job
  • performance drugs — the drugs that are taken illegally by athletes to enhance their sporting performance
  • peridot of ceylon — a honey-colored tourmaline, used as a gem: not a true peridot.
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