17-letter words containing m, a, g, i, c
- mystical theology — the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.
- naming convention — 1. (programming) variable naming convention. 2. (networking) Universal Naming Convention.
- non-incriminating — to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault: He incriminated both men to the grand jury.
- nondiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
- northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
- numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
- optical computing — (hardware) (Or "Optical Signal Processing") Operating on data represented using electromagnetic radiation, e.g. visible light, instead of the electrical signals used in a conventional electronic digital computer. Electronic digital computers are built from transistors. These form components that store data and logic gates that perform the low-level Boolean operations such as AND, OR and NOT that are the basis of all digital computation. The optical equivalent requires material with a non-linear refractive index such that light beams can interact with each other to perform the same Boolean operations. Though the photons that carry optical signals offer some theoretical advantages over the electrons that carry electronic signals, there are many practical problems that would have to be overcome before optical computing could compete in terms of cost, power and speed.
- organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
- packaging company — a company that packages goods on behalf of the producer
- palaeoclimatology — the study of climates of the geological past
- pharmacologically — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- picture messaging — Picture messaging is the sending of photographs or pictures from one mobile phone to another.
- quantum computing — quantum computer
- recurring decimal — Mathematics. repeating decimal.
- repeating decimal — a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
- screaming meemies — extreme nervous tension
- screaming-meemies — extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually preceded by the).
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- septicemic plague — an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream. Compare plague (def 2).
- smarandache logic — neutrosophic logic
- special messenger — a postal worker who delivers mail by special delivery
- spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
- symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
- sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
- telecommunicating — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- threshing machine — a machine for removing grains and seeds from straw and chaff.
- trigger mechanism — a physiological or psychological process caused by a stimulus and resulting in a usually severe reaction.
- unipalm group plc — (company) A company floated in March 1994.
- village community — an early form of community organization in which land belonged to the village, the arable land being allotted to the members or households of the community by more or less permanent arrangements and the waste or excess land remaining undivided.
- zygomatic process — any of several bony processes that articulate with the cheekbone.