18-letter words containing m, a, c, s, n

dynamically scoped — dynamic scope
east india company — the company chartered by the English government in 1600 to carry on trade in the East Indies: dissolved in 1874.
economic sanctions — any actions taken by one nation or group of nations to harm the economy of another nation or group, often to force a political change
economies of scale — Economies of scale are the financial advantages that a company gains when it produces large quantities of products.
electroretinograms — Plural form of electroretinogram.
emmenthal (cheese) — a hard, pale-yellow Swiss cheese with a mild flavor and large holes
ethical investment — an investment in a company whose activities or products are not considered by the investor to be unethical
ethnomusicological — Relating to or pertaining to ethnomusicology.
examination script — a script with answers written on it by an examination candidate taking a written examination
feeping creaturism — /fee'ping kree"ch*r-izm/ A deliberate spoonerism for creeping featurism, meant to imply that the system or program in question has become a misshapen creature of hacks. This term isn"t really well defined, but it sounds so neat that most hackers have said or heard it. It is probably reinforced by an image of terminals prowling about in the dark making their customary noises.
fermat's principle — Optics. the law that the path taken by a ray of light in going from one point to another point will be the path that requires the least time.
fu manchu mustache — a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.
genetic algorithms — genetic algorithm
gensym corporation — (company) A company that supplies software and services for intelligent operations management. Common applications include quality management, process optimisation, dynamic scheduling, network management, energy and environmental management, and process modelling and simulation. Their products include G2.
german east africa — a former German territory in E Africa, the area now comprised of continental Tanzania and the independent republics of Rwanda and Burundi.
glycosaminoglycans — Plural form of glycosaminoglycan.
gravity escapement — an escapement, used especially in large outdoor clocks, in which the impulse is given to the pendulum by means of a weight falling through a certain distance.
greater manchester — a metropolitan county in central England, with the city of Manchester as its center. 498 sq. mi. (1290 sq. km).
handlebar mustache — A handlebar mustache is a long thick mustache with curled ends.
handyman's special — fixer-upper.
heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume
histamine headache — cluster headache.
honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
immunohistological — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
imploded consonant — a consonant which is pronounced with or by implosion
in company with sb — If you feel, believe, or know something in company with someone else, you both feel, believe, or know it.
in comparison with — when compared to
in inverted commas — If you say in inverted commas after a word or phrase, you are indicating that it is inaccurate or unacceptable in some way, or that you are quoting someone else.
in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.
incidental damages — law: incurred by contract breach
incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
indiscriminateness — The state of being indiscriminate.
indiscriminatingly — In an indiscriminating manner.
initial commission — Initial commission is commission that is paid to someone who sells or recommends a financial product for the first time.
instruction manual — how-to, usage guide
insurance salesman — male: sells insurance
investment account — a bank account in which money is saved long-term to accrue interest
investment casting — a casting process in which an expendable pattern is surrounded by an investment compound and then baked so that the investment is hardened to form a mold and the pattern material may be melted and run off.
investment company — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
involuntary muscle — muscle: contracts involuntarily
justice department — the United States federal department for enforcing federal laws
kitchen-sink drama — a type of drama of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality
lambda abstraction — A term in lambda-calculus denoting a function. A lambda abstraction begins with a lower-case lambda (represented as "\" in this document), followed by a variable name (the "bound variable"), a full stop and a lambda expression (the body). The body is taken to extend as far to the right as possible so, for example an expression, \ x . \ y . x+y is read as \ x . (\ y . x+y). A nested abstraction such as this is often abbreviated to: \ x y . x + y The lambda expression (\ v . E) denotes a function which takes an argument and returns the term E with all free occurrences of v replaced by the actual argument. Application is represented by juxtaposition so (\ x . x) 42 represents the identity function applied to the constant 42. A lambda abstraction in Lisp is written as the symbol lambda, a list of zero or more variable names and a list of zero or more terms, e.g. (lambda (x y) (plus x y)) Lambda expressions in Haskell are written as a backslash, "\", one or more patterns (e.g. variable names), "->" and an expression, e.g. \ x -> x.
law of mass action — the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.
light displacement — the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery.
local examinations — (in the UK) any of various examinations, such as the GCE, set by university boards and conducted in local centres, schools, etc
luminous emittance — luminous flux emitted per unit area.
maclaurin's series — an infinite sum giving the value of a function f(x) in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at zero: f(x) = f(0) + (f′(0)x)/1! + (f″(0)x2)/2! + …
macroinvertebrates — Plural form of macroinvertebrate.
madagascar jasmine — a Madagascan twining, woody vine, Stephanotis floribunda, of the milkweed family, having waxy-white, fragrant flowers.

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