14-letter words containing i, r, m, n, g
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- remote sensing — the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retirement age — law: age sb stops working
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- right-hand man — an indispensable or invaluable assistant; right hand.
- rocking rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which consists of one accented syllable between two unaccented ones.
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- running myrtle — the periwinkle, Vinca minor.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- sitting member — a current member of parliament
- smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
- smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
- smuggling ring — a group of people involved in the secret and illegal importing or exporting of prohibited or dutiable goods
- soft margarine — a soft, spreadable margarine that is made with more liquid oils and less hydrogenated oils than hard, block margarine
- sparring match — a practice boxing match
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
- spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- springform pan — a metal cake pan with sides that can be unfastened to facilitate releasing the cake when done.
- steam cracking — Steam cracking is the main method of breaking down large molecules of hydrocarbons, in which a gaseous or liquid hydrocarbon is diluted with steam and then heated.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- tenant farming — farming land owned by sb else
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- test marketing — to offer (a new product) for sale, usually in a limited area, in order to ascertain and evaluate consumer response.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
- transmigration — the act of transmigrating.
- tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.