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16-letter words containing i, r, e, m, o

  • osmium tetroxide — a crystalline or amorphous, colorless, poisonous compound, OsO 4 , soluble in water, alcohol, and ether: used for microscopic staining, in photography, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
  • osmotic pressure — the force that a dissolved substance exerts on a semipermeable membrane, through which it cannot penetrate, when separated by it from pure solvent.
  • over-communicate — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
  • over-competitive — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
  • over-consumption — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
  • over-familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
  • over-imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
  • over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
  • over-romanticize — to make romantic; invest with a romantic character: Many people romanticize the role of an editor.
  • over-sentimental — expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
  • overaccumulation — Accumulation of too much.
  • overall majority — If a political party wins an overall majority in an election or vote, they get more votes than the total number of votes or seats won by all their opponents.
  • overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
  • overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
  • overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • oxidation number — the state of an element or ion in a compound with regard to the electrons gained or lost by the element or ion in the reaction that formed the compound, expressed as a positive or negative number indicating the ionic charge of the element or ion.
  • pairs tournament — an event in a sport such as tennis or darts open to pairs of competitors
  • panoramic camera — a still camera having a movable lens that horizontally scans a view while exposing a long photographic plate or strip of film.
  • panoramic screen — a very wide screen, as of a television, etc
  • peano arithmetic — (mathematics)   Giuseppe Peano's system for representing natural numbers inductively using only two symbols, "0" (zero) and "S" (successor). This system could be expressed as a recursive data type with the following Haskell definition: data Peano = Zero | Succ Peano The number three, usually written "SSS0", would be Succ (Succ (Succ Zero)). Addition of Peano numbers can be expressed as a simple syntactic transformation: plus Zero n = n plus (Succ m) n = Succ (plus m n) (1995-03-28)
  • pearls of wisdom — good advice, wise words
  • pectoralis major — the larger of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • pension mortgage — an arrangement whereby a person takes out a mortgage and pays the capital repayment instalments into a pension fund and the interest to the mortgagee. The loan is repaid out of the tax-free lump sum proceeds of the pension plan on the borrower's retirement
  • periodic decimal — repeating decimal.
  • perpetual motion — the motion of a theoretical mechanism that, without any losses due to friction or other forms of dissipation of energy, would continue to operate indefinitely at the same rate without any external energy being applied to it.
  • pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
  • pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • phase microscope — a microscope that utilizes the phase differences of light rays transmitted by different portions of an object to create an image in which the details of the object are distinct despite their near-uniformity of refractive index.
  • phlebothrombosis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein.
  • photopolarimeter — a polarimeter that uses a photocell.
  • phytoremediation — a process of decontaminating soil or water by using plants and trees to absorb or break down pollutants.
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • pincers movement — a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement.
  • pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
  • porcelain enamel — a glass coating, made to adhere to a metal or another enamel by fusion.
  • portable airtime — (communications, wireless)   A wireless, digital communications system enabling user-to-user voice communication, "quicknotes", and alphanumeric messaging.
  • portuguese timor — former (1914-75) Portuguese territory in the Malay Archipelago
  • post-reformation — the act of reforming; state of being reformed.
  • postremogeniture — a system of inheritance under which the estate of a deceased person goes to his youngest son. Also called ultimogeniture. Compare primogeniture (def 2).
  • poynting theorem — the theorem that the rate of flow of electromagnetic energy through unit area is equal to the Poynting vector, i.e. the cross product of the electric and magnetic field intensities
  • pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
  • pre-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
  • precontemplation — the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
  • predetermination — to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
  • premier division — a football or soccer league division consisting of the top ten Scottish football teams
  • presence of mind — a calm state of mind that allows one to think clearly or act effectively in an emergency.
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