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16-letter words containing m, a, c, e, r, l

  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
  • epigrammatically — In a manner suggesting of an epigram.
  • exclamation mark — (character)   The character "!" with ASCII code 33. Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot. The Commonwealth Hackish, "pling", is common among Acorn Archimedes owners. Bang is more common in the USA. The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists. Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT).
  • extrachromosomal — Happening outside a chromosome.
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • firewall machine — (networking, security)   A dedicated gateway server with special security precautions on it, used to service external connections (typically from the public Internet). The firewall machine protects servers and networks hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no critical data, with public network ports on it, but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. The type of network and security environment of a firewall machine is often called a De-Militarised Zone (DMZ). It may contain other servers such as e-mail servers or proxy gateways - machines that need to be publicly accessible but also need some access to internal systems. Also known as a (Venus) flytrap after the insect-eating plant.
  • flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • four-course meal — A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other.
  • frederic mistral — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
  • frigate mackerel — a small, blue-green, black-striped fish, Auxis thazard, abundant in tropical seas, having dark, oily flesh that is sometimes used as food.
  • galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
  • general american — any form of American English speech considered to show few regional peculiarities, usually including all dialects except for eastern New England, New York City, Southern, and South Midland (no longer in technical use). Abbreviation: GA.
  • general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
  • general medicine — non-surgical branch of medicine
  • genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
  • geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
  • geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
  • george mcclellan — George Brinton [brin-tn] /ˈbrɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
  • germinal vesicle — the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
  • hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
  • hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
  • himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
  • hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • ice-cream parlor — an establishment serving ice cream, sodas, etc., from a soda fountain.
  • ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
  • imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
  • impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
  • incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • infernal machine — a concealed or disguised explosive device intended to destroy life or property.
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interlaced image — progressive coding
  • intramolecularly — In an intramolecular manner; within a molecule.
  • jerusalem cherry — an Old World plant, Solanum pseudocapsicum, of the nightshade family, having white flowers and bearing cherrylike scarlet or yellow fruits, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
  • knapsack problem — the problem of determining which numbers from a given collection of numbers have been added together to yield a specific sum: used in cryptography to encipher (and sometimes decipher) messages.
  • laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
  • lever escapement — an escapement in which a pivoted lever, made to oscillate by the escape wheel, engages a balance staff and causes it to oscillate.
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
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