21-letter words containing m, a, r, i, c

piezoelectric ceramic — any ceramic that exhibits piezoelectric properties.
polarizing microscope — a microscope that utilizes polarized light to reveal detail in an object, used especially to study crystalline and fibrous structures.
pomp and circumstance — ceremony
potassium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, slightly alkaline, salty-tasting, water-soluble powder, KHCO 3 , produced by the passage of carbon dioxide through an aqueous potassium carbonate solution: used in cookery as a leavening agent and in medicine as an antacid.
premature ejaculation — a male psychosexual disorder in which ejaculation occurs soon after the commencement of sexual intercourse.
primary sex character — any of the body structures directly concerned in reproduction, as the testes, ovaries, and external genitalia.
prince rupert's metal — a brass composed of from about 60 to 85 percent copper and about 15 to 40 percent zinc, used to imitate gold.
privacy enhanced mail —
production department — the department of a business or organization responsible for manufacturing products
profit-sharing scheme — a scheme employing profit-sharing; a system in which a portion of the net profit of a business is distributed to its employees, usually in proportion to their wages or their length of service
psychological primary — one of a set of perceived colours (red, yellow, blue, green, black, and white) that can be used to characterize all other perceived colours
psychomotor agitation — agitation (def 3).
psychomotor-agitation — the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated: She left in great agitation.
public address system — loudspeaker
public administration — the implementation of public policy, largely by the executive branch.
public-address system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
pulmonary circulation — the circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation and back to the heart.
purchasing department — the group of staff within an organization that is responsible for buying goods or products
racial discrimination — prejudice based on race
reading comprehension — a text that students use to help them improve their reading skills, by reading it and answering questions relating to the text. Sometimes used as a test or examination of reading skills. A reading comprehension can be in the student's own or another language
recompression chamber — hyperbaric chamber.
record of achievement — a statement of the personal and educational development of each pupil
reduced circumstances — If you say that someone is living in reduced circumstances, you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.
registration document — a document giving identification details of a motor vehicle, including its manufacturer, date of registration, engine and chassis numbers, and owner's name
reinforcement therapy — a behavior modification technique in which appropriate behavior is strengthened through systematic reinforcement.
replacement algorithm — The method used to determine which entry in an associative cache to flush to main memory when it is desired to cache a new block of data. The "least recently used" algorithm flushed the block which has not been accessed for the longest time. A random replacement algorithm picks any block with equal probability.
reverberation chamber — a room with walls that reflect sound. It is used to make acoustic measurements and as a source of reverberant sound to be mixed with direct sound for recording or broadcasting
rocky mountain locust — a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, especially the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation.
rocky mountain oyster — mountain oyster.
roman catholic church — the Christian church of which the pope, or bishop of Rome, is the supreme head.
s-k reduction machine — An abstract machine defined by Professor David Turner to evaluate combinator expressions represented as binary graphs. Named after the two basic combinators, S and K.
sao tome and principe — Democratic Republic of, a republic in W Africa, comprising the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in the Gulf of Guinea, N of the equator: a former overseas province of Portugal; gained independence in 1975. 372 sq. mi. (964 sq. km). Capital: São Tomé.
saponification number — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given ester, especially a glyceride.
scalar multiplication — an operation used in the definition of a vector space in which the product of a scalar and a vector is a vector, the operation is distributive over the addition of both scalars and vectors, and is associative with multiplication of scalars
secondary containment — Secondary containment is a system for dealing with hazardous spills.
secure hash algorithm —
sedimentary sequences — Sedimentary sequences are layers of rock which are derived from weathered rocks, biogenic (= of living organisms) activity, or precipitation from solution.
semantic differential — a technique for measuring the connotative meaning of concepts by having an individual rate each concept on a series of graduated scales, each scale defined by a pair of polar adjectives, as good–bad or strong–weak.
sherman antitrust act — an act of Congress (1890) prohibiting any contract, conspiracy, or combination of business interests in restraint of foreign or interstate trade.
short message service — (messaging) (SMS) A message service offered by the GSM digital mobile telephone system. Using SMS, a short alphanumeric message (160 alphanumeric characters) can be sent to a mobile phone to be displayed there, much like in an alphanumeric pager system. The message is buffered by the GSM network until the phone becomes active.
simple actor language — (language) (SAL) A minimal actor language, used for teaching in:
skew symmetric matrix — a matrix that is equal to the negation of its transpose
slatwall merchandiser — A slatwall merchandiser is a three-dimensional display unit with grooves cut into its surface into which metal hanging rails can be fixed at various heights.
social administration — the administration and maintenance of issues to do with social policies and welfare
somatotrophic-hormone — a hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland, that stimulates growth in humans.
special court-martial — a court-martial established to try violations of military law less serious than those tried by a general court-martial but more serious than those tried by a summary court-martial.
splice the main brace — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
stock list department — (in an American stock exchange) the department dealing with monitoring compliance with its listing requirements and rules
strategic air command — a U.S. Air Force command charged with intercontinental air strikes, especially nuclear attacks.
subliminal perception — perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness

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