19-letter words containing m, a, n, e, r
- grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- granuloma inguinale — a venereal disease marked by deep ulceration of the skin of the groin and external genitals, caused by the bacterium Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.
- great idaean mother — Cybele.
- green mountain boys — the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
- greenwich mean time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
- grievance committee — a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.
- grosse pointe farms — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- hairdryer treatment — (esp in sport) the practice of shouting at someone at close quarters in order to express one's displeasure at something he or she has done
- hamiltonian problem — (computability) (Or "Hamilton's problem") A problem in graph theory posed by William Hamilton: given a graph, is there a path through the graph which visits each vertex precisely once (a "Hamiltonian path")? Is there a Hamiltonian path which ends up where it started (a "Hamiltonian cycle" or "Hamiltonian tour")? Hamilton's problem is NP-complete. It has numerous applications, sometimes completely unexpected, in computing.
- handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
- heart in your mouth — If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened.
- heinrich schliemann — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1822–90, German archaeologist: excavated ancient cities of Troy and Mycenae.
- hermitian conjugate — adjoint (def 2).
- highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
- human rights abuses — acts that contravene human rights
- human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
- hydropneumatization — utilization of air pressure in the housing of a water turbine to keep the level of water that has been used from rising to interfere with the rotor blades.
- hypolipoproteinemia — An abnormally low level of lipoprotein in the blood.
- hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
- identification mark — barcode or serial number
- immigration officer — official administrating incoming foreigners
- immunoprecipitation — the separation of an antigen from a solution by the formation of a large complex with its specific antibody.
- imperative language — (language) Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform. An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of steps. Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps.
- imperial preference — a proposed system whereby free trade and levelled tariffs would exist between nations belonging to the British Commonwealth, in order to increase the prosperity of and unity between these nation
- imperial presidency — a U.S. presidency that is characterized by greater power than the Constitution allows.
- impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
- in commemoration of — in remembrance of
- in particular terms — If you say something in particular terms, you say it using a particular type or level of language or using language which clearly shows your attitude.
- incommensurableness — (rare) Incommensurability.
- incomplete abortion — a miscarriage in which some fetal or placental tissue remains in the uterus.
- incomplete fracture — a fracture extending partly across the bone.
- incremental plotter — a device that plots graphs on paper from computer-generated instructions
- indemnity insurance — insurance covering against damage or loss
- indeterminate vowel — schwa.
- industrial medicine — the study and practice of the health care of employees of large organizations, including measures to prevent accidents, industrial diseases, and stress in the workforce and to monitor the health of executives
- informal settlement — a squatter camp
- information algebra — Theoretical formalism for DP, never resulted in a language. Language Structure Group of CODASYL, ca. 1962. Sammet 1969, 709.
- information content — the amount of information in something
- information officer — someone whose job is to give information to people
- information science — the study of the nature, collection, and management of information and of its uses, especially involving computer storage and retrievals.
- information service — a service which provides information
- information warfare — the use of electronic communications and the internet to disrupt a country's telecommunications, power supply, transport system, etc
- inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
- instrumentalisation — (philosophy) The treatment of an idea as an instrument that functions as a guide to action.
- instrumentalization — Alternative spelling of instrumentalisation.
- insulating material — anything that is used as insulation
- interdenominational — occurring between, involving, or common to different religious denominations.
- interdepartmentally — involving or existing between two or more departments: interdepartmental rivalry.
- interferometrically — By means of interferometry.
- intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.