18-letter words containing m, a, g, i, c
- principal argument — the radian measure of the argument between −π and π of a complex number. Compare argument (def 8c).
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- promotion campaign — a campaign designed to encourage the sale of (a product) by advertising or securing financial support
- propaganda machine — the group of people, publications, etc, such as of a government, country etc, responsible for the organized dissemination of information, allegations, etc, to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement, etc
- publicity campaign — an effort to convey information to the public
- publishing company — a firm which publishes books
- radiometric dating — any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product.
- reciprocating pump — A reciprocating pump is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- recruitment agency — company that places job candidates
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- replacement engine — an engine used to replace or substitute an older or broken engine (in a vehicle, etc)
- rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
- roman congregation — any of the executive departments of the Curia Romana as the administration of the Roman Catholic Church.
- running commentary — non-stop description of sth
- sampling frequency — sample rate
- sampling statistic — any function of observed data, esp one used to estimate the corresponding parameter of the underlying distribution, such as the sample mean, sample variance, etc
- security agreement — business: contract
- self-incriminating — serving to incriminate oneself or to expose oneself to prosecution: self-incriminating testimony.
- significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
- sleeping policeman — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to deter motorists from speeding
- social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
- societal marketing — marketing that takes into account society's long-term welfare
- spackling compound — spackle
- specimen signature — a signature to be compared to an original signature in order to verify someone's identity
- spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
- standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
- stinking chamomile — mayweed.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- swarm intelligence — the collective behaviour of a group of animals, esp social insects such as ants, bees, and termites, that are each following very basic rules
- swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
- sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
- teaching equipment — teaching aids
- transmogrification — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
- watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
- wingback formation — single wingback formation.