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14-letter words containing i, n, o, c, d

  • lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
  • lindelof space — a topological space having the property that every cover consisting of open sets has a subcover consisting of a countable number of subsets.
  • line of credit — credit line (def 2).
  • linen cupboard — airing cupboard
  • linolenic acid — colourless unsaturated essential fatty acid
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • load balancing — (operating system, parallel)   Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
  • macadamization — to pave by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, often with asphalt or hot tar.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • manic disorder — a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions.
  • medicalisation — Alternative spelling of medicalization.
  • medicalization — The act or process of medicalizing.
  • medicine lodge — a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians.
  • medicine woman — (among North American Indians and some other aboriginal peoples) a woman believed to possess magical or supernatural powers; a female shaman.
  • mendaciousness — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
  • methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
  • microdetection — the measurement of small quantities
  • microsporidian — Any of many parasites, of the class Microsporidia, that are very small fungi.
  • midwall column — a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides.
  • minicoy island — a small island in the S Laccadive Islands, off the SW coast of India. 1.25 sq. mi. (3.24 sq. km).
  • mint condition — pristine state
  • mis-coordinate — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
  • misconstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstruct.
  • misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
  • misdescription — an incorrect or misleading description
  • mobile command — the Canadian army and other land forces
  • model checking — (theory, algorithm, testing)   To algorithmically check whether a program (the model) satisfies a specification. The model is usually expressed as a directed graph consisting of nodes (or vertices) and edges. A set of atomic propositions is associated with each node. The nodes represents states of a program, the edges represent possible executions which alters the state, while the atomic propositions represent the basic properties that hold at a point of execution. A specification language, usually some kind of temporal logic, is used to express properties. The problem can be expressed mathematically as: given a temporal logic formula p and a model M with initial state s, decide if M,s \models p.
  • modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • mononucleotide — (genetics) A single nucleotide.
  • monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
  • morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
  • mounted police — police who patrol on horseback
  • multiconductor — having or involving several electrical conductors
  • municipal bond — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • narcodiagnosis — the use of drugs to produce narcosis as an aid in diagnosis.
  • nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
  • neuroendocrine — of or relating to the interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems, especially in relation to hormones.
  • new caledonian — of, from, or relating to New Caledonia
  • new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
  • nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
  • nicotinic acid — a crystalline acid, C 6 H 5 NO 2 , that is a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in fresh meat, yeast, etc., produced by the oxidation of nicotine, and used in the prevention and treatment of pellagra.
  • nile crocodile — the common African crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, sometimes growing to a length of 20 feet (6.1 meter): in some areas it is greatly reduced in number and now rare.
  • nitro compound — any one of a class of usually organic compounds that contain the monovalent group -NO2 (nitro group or radical), linked to a carbon atom. The commonest example is nitrobenzene, C6H5NO2
  • nixon doctrine — the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.
  • non-accidental — happening by chance or accident; not planned; unexpected: an accidental meeting.
  • non-accredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
  • non-associated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
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