18-letter words containing l, o, c, a, e, t

molecular spectrum — the spectrum of light emitted or absorbed by a species of molecule.
monte carlo method — a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer.
multicast backbone — (MBONE) A virtual network on top of the Internet which supports routing of IP multicast packets, intended for multimedia transmission. MBONE gives public access desktop video communications. The quality is poor with only 3-5 frames per second instead of the 30 frames per second of commercial television. Its advantage is that it avoids all telecommunications costs normally associated with teleconferencing. An interesting innovation is the use of MBONE for audio communications and an electronic "whiteboard" where the computer screen becomes a shared workspace where two physically remote parties can draw on and edit shared documents in real-time.
mutual aid society — A mutual aid society is an organization that provides benefits or other help to its members when they are affected by things such as death, sickness, disability, old age, or unemployment.
national insurance — In Britain, national insurance is the state system of paying money to people who are ill, unemployed, or retired. It is financed by money that the government collects from people who work, or from their employers.
natural convection — Natural convection is the loss of heat from a hot solid or liquid into air which is not artificially agitated.
negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
neovascularization — the development of new blood vessels, especially in tissues where circulation has been impaired by trauma or disease.
no-fault insurance — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
nobiliary particle — a preposition forming part of a title of nobility or surname, as French de or German von.
nocturnal emission — the release of semen during sleep, often during a sexual dream.
non-contextualized — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
non-conversational — able or ready to converse; given to conversation.
non-ecclesiastical — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
non-reconciliation — an act of reconciling, as when former enemies agree to an amicable truce.
noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
nonstriated muscle — smooth muscle
not to have a clue — to be completely baffled
numerical taxonomy — classification of organisms by a comparison of large numbers of observable characteristics that are given equal value instead of being weighted according to possible evolutionary significance.
oath of allegiance — pledge to one's nation
objective idealism — a form of idealism asserting that the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced and of the mind of the observer.
objective modula-2 — (language) (Or "ObjM2") An extension to Modula-2 for Cocoa and GNUstep software development. Objective Modula-2 follows the Objective-C object model and retains the bracketed Smalltalk message passing syntax used in Objective-C. Classes written in ObjM2 can be used within ObjC and vice versa. ObjM2 also retains Modula-2's data encapsulation features, namely nested modules with explicit import and export lists. Due to the strict type checking in Modula-2, ObjM2 can be considered a much safer programming language than is ObjC, yet losing none of the capabilities of ObjC.
octachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing eight chlorine atoms.
oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
once in a lifetime — extremely rarely
optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
optical carrier 12 — (networking) (OC-12) A SONET rate of 12 * 51.84 = 622.08 megabits per second.
optical carrier 48 — (networking) (OC-48) A SONET rate of 48 * 51.84 = 2488.32 megabits per second.
optical disc drive — optical disk drive
optical disk drive — (hardware) (Or "optical disc drive", "optical storage") A generic term for any device that reads and/or writes optical media, i.e. compact discs, DVDs and/or Blu-ray discs or future media that uses light (from a small laser) to read data off a removable, rotating disk. At least one such drive is commonly installed in most personal computers to allow them to play and/or record audio and video media and load and store data such as program installers. The floppy disk has been replaced by optical media due to its vastly greater capacity, e.g. 50,000 megabytes for a dual-layer blu-ray disc compared with 1.5 megabytes for a floppy (over 30,000 times as much).
optical microscope — traditional magnifying instrument
oracle corporation — (company) The world's leading supplier of information management software. The company, worth $2 billion, offers its products, along with related consulting, education and support services in more than 90 countries around the world. Oracle is best known for its database management systems vendor and relational DBMS products. Oracle develops and markets Oracle Media Server and the Oracle7 family of software products for database management; Co-operative Development Environment and Oracle Co-operative Applications Oracle software runs on personal digital assistants, set-top boxs, IBM PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and massively parallel computers. Oracle bought Sun Microsystems on 2009-04-20. See also Adaptable User Interface, Bookviewer, CASE*Method, Component Integration Laboratories, DDE Manager, Online Media, Oracle Card, Oracle*CASE, siod. Address: Redwood Shores, CA, USA.
oral contraceptive — birth-control pill.
oriental cat's-eye — a chatoyant variety of chrysoberyl, used as a gem.
oriental cockroach — a dark-brown cockroach, Blatta orientalis, thought to have originated in Asia but now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution.
oriental scops owl — any of a group of small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call, especially Otus scops (Old World scops owl) and O. sunia (Oriental scops owl)
oscillating engine — a steam engine having piston rods connected directly to the crankshaft and cylinders oscillating on trunnions.
overcapitalization — The state of being overcapitalized.
overdraft facility — a facility (of a bank or building-society cheque account) that allows a withdrawal of money in excess of the account's credit balance
overspecialization — excessive specialization, as in a field of study.
pair of spectacles — a score of 0 in each innings of a match
paleoclimatologist — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
parallel computing — parallel processing
parallel reduction — A form of applicative order reduction in which all redexes in an expression are reduced simultaneously. Variants include parallel outermost reduction and lenient reduction. See normal order reduction.
payload specialist — an astronaut trained to handle highly complex or classified equipment carried aboard a space shuttle and to conduct experiments in space.
pectoral sandpiper — an American sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, the male of which, when courting, inflates its chest conspicuously.
people trafficking — the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally
perlocutionary act — the action of affecting someone by uttering certain words

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