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

  • overcompensation — a pronounced striving to neutralize and conceal a strong but unacceptable character trait by substituting for it an opposite trait.
  • overcompensatory — 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • pectoralis minor — the smaller of the two large chest muscles that assist in movements of the shoulder and upper arm
  • perchloromethane — carbon tetrachloride.
  • performance bond — contract bond.
  • performance test — a test requiring little or no use of language, the test materials being designed to elicit manual or behavioral responses rather than verbal ones.
  • 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
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • platform-balance — a scale with a platform for holding the items to be weighed.
  • 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.
  • practice manager — the manager of a business such as a medical practice, dental practice, or legal practice
  • pre-emancipation — the act of emancipating.
  • precontemplation — the act of contemplating; thoughtful observation.
  • presence chamber — the special room in which a great personage, as a sovereign, receives guests, holds audiences, etc.
  • price comparison — Price comparison is comparing the price of the same product in different outlets.
  • primary consumer — (in the food chain) an animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore.
  • primary deviance — the violation of a norm or rule that does not result in the violator's being stigmatized as deviant.
  • primary election — primary (def 15a).
  • primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
  • promotional code — A promotional code is a code offered by retailers to customers who can use it to receive a discounted price when buying products online.
  • property company — a business that makes money by buying, selling, and renting out land and houses
  • proxima centauri — the nearest star to the sun at a distance of 4.3 light-years, part of the Alpha Centauri triple-star system located in the constellation Centaurus.
  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • quantum computer — a computer that makes use of the quantum states of electrons or other particles to store and process information as quantum bits.
  • radio microphone — a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely
  • rambunctiousness — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
  • ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
  • reaction chamber — the chamber in a rocket engine in which the reaction or combustion of fuel occurs
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redundancy money — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
  • replacement cost — fee to obtain new version of sth
  • replacement part — a part of (an engine, device, etc) used to replace or substitute an older or broken part
  • research quantum — the standard by which the contribution to a university of individual academics is measured and on the basis of which universities receive government funding and academics are promoted
  • sauce americaine — a sauce prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs. See also à l’américaine.
  • schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
  • sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • second-story man — a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.
  • secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
  • secondary modern — Secondary moderns were schools which existed until recently in Britain for children aged between about eleven and sixteen, where more attention was paid to practical skills and less to academic study than in a grammar school.
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
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