21-letter words containing i, n, a, m, s
- drop in someone's lap — give someone the responsibility of
- dumfries and galloway — a region in S Scotland. 2460 sq. mi. (6371 sq. km).
- eastern daylight time — a time zone applicable to many eastern areas of the United States during the summer months, being a daylight-saving variant of Eastern Standard Time
- eastern european time — a standard time used by some countries in Eastern Europe, such as Finland, Romania, etc and also some countries of the Middle East and North Africa
- eastern standard time — See under standard time.
- electric displacement — the electric flux density when an electric field exists in free space into which a dielectric is introduced
- electromagnetic pulse — a surge of electromagnetic radiation, esp one resulting from a nuclear explosion, which can disrupt electronic devices and, occasionally, larger structures and equipment
- emotional correctness — pressure on an individual to be seen to feel the same emotion as others
- empire state building — New York City skyscraper
- endoplasmic reticulum — an extensive intracellular membrane system whose functions include synthesis and transport of lipids and, in regions where ribosomes are attached, of proteins
- entrance requirements — the grades in school examinations required for admission to university
- environmental studies — a university course studying the environment and related issues
- epidemic encephalitis — any type of widespread encephalitis caused by various viruses
- exposure compensation — the act of overriding a camera's automatic exposure in order to achieve a particular effect or due to difficult lighting conditions
- feline leukemia virus — a retrovirus, mainly affecting cats, that depresses the immune system and leads to opportunistic infections, lymphosarcoma, and other disorders. Abbreviation: FeLV, FLV.
- financial times index — one of the indexes of share prices produced by the Financial Times, especially the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
- finite state automata — Finite State Machine
- foot-in-mouth disease — the habit of making inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent statements.
- fort lesley j. mcnair — a military reservation in SW Washington, D.C., on the Potomac River, SW of the Capitol.
- framing specification — A specification of the "protocol bits" that surround the "data bits" on a communications channel to allow the data to be "framed" into chunks, like start and stop bits in EIA-232. It allows a receiver to synchronize at points along the data stream.
- franco-belgian system — French system.
- fuming sulphuric acid — a mixture of pyrosulphuric acid, H2S2O7, and other condensed acids, made by dissolving sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid
- gastrohepatic omentum — lesser omentum.
- gender disappointment — a feeling of depression or anxiety experienced by an expectant parent when the gender of the baby does not match his or her preference
- general of the armies — a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.
- get in someone's hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- give place to someone — to make room for or be superseded by someone
- give someone a leg up — to help someone to climb an obstacle by pushing upwards
- give someone a tinkle — to call someone on the telephone
- give someone his head — to allow a person greater freedom or responsibility
- give someone the gate — a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- great smoky mountains — the W part of the Appalachians, in W North Carolina and E Tennessee. Highest peak: Clingman's Dome, 2024 m (6642 ft)
- highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
- hindu-arabic numerals — Arabic numeral.
- homogeneous catalysis — Homogeneous catalysis is catalysis in which the catalyst takes part in the reaction that it increases.
- hop, skip, and a jump — a short distance: The laundry is just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
- host command facility — (operating system) (HCF) Used to access IBM S/36 and AS/400 computers from a mainframe.
- human papilloma virus — a species of virus that causes genital warts. Abbreviation: HPV.
- human rights activist — a person who campaigns for human rights
- humanistic psychology — an approach to psychology that emphasizes emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others
- immediate constituent — one of the usually two largest constituents of a construction: The immediate constituents of He ate his dinner are he and ate his dinner; of ate his dinner are ate and his dinner; etc. Abbreviation: IC.
- immunohistochemically — By means of or in regard to immunohistochemistry.
- in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
- in more ways than one — You say in more ways than one to indicate that what you have said is intended to have more than one meaning.
- in no uncertain terms — If you say that someone tells a person something in no uncertain terms, you are emphasizing that they say it strongly and clearly so that there is no doubt about what they mean.
- in saecula saeculorum — for ever and ever.
- industrial misconduct — behaviour by an employee that is considered to be negligent or irregular to such an extent that disciplinary action may be taken, usually by agreement between management and the employee's representatives
- infectious ectromelia — ectromelia (def 2).
- information scientist — someone who works in information science
- inner spring mattress — a mattress with a system of wire coils or springs inside for buoyancy or comfort purposes