16-letter words containing i, r, m, n, g, e
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
- pattern matching — 1. A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. For example, the function length [] = 0 length (x:xs) = 1 + length xs uses pattern matching in its argument to distinguish a null list from a non-null one. There are well known algorithm for translating pattern matching into conditional expressions such as "if" or "case". E.g. the above function could be transformed to 2. Descriptive of a type of language or utility such as awk or Perl which is suited to searching for strings or patterns in input data, usually using some kind of regular expression.
- peace campaigner — someone who campaigns for peace or an end to conflict
- 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
- permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
- 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
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- 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
- practice manager — the manager of a business such as a medical practice, dental practice, or legal practice
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
- remedial reading — instruction in reading aimed at increasing speed and comprehension by correcting poor reading habits.
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- riemann integral — integral (def 8a).
- rumour-mongering — the act of spreading rumours
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- sea fish farming — the farming of saltwater fish
- security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
- self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-terminating — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- simon boccanegra — an opera (1857) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- singing telegram — a greetings service in which a person is employed to present greetings by singing to the person celebrating
- size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
- smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- spring ephemeral — any of various woodland wildflowers that appear above ground in early spring, flower and fruit, and die in a short two-month period.
- storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- summer lightning — distant sheet lightning without audible thunder, which typically occurs on a summer evening
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- swedenborgianism — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
- systems engineer — an engineer who specializes in the implementation of production systems.
- tariff agreement — an agreement between countries or geographical areas relating to taxes levied by governments on imports or occasionally exports for purposes of protection, support of the balance of payments, or the raising of revenue
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
- time sovereignty — control by an employee of the use of his or her time, involving flexibility of working hours