11-letter words containing m, a, w, s
- meadowlarks — Plural form of meadowlark.
- meadowsweet — any plant belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, especially S. latifolia, having white or pink flowers.
- megan’s law — any of various statutes requiring that public notification be given of the whereabouts of persons who have been convicted of certain sexual crimes
- mellowspeak — bland or vague language associated with New Age philosophy
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- moore's law — (architecture) /morz law/ The observation, made in 1965 by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore while preparing a speech, that each new memory integrated circuit contained roughly twice as much capacity as its predecessor, and each chip was released within 18-24 months of the previous chip. If this trend continued, he reasoned, computing power would rise exponentially with time. Moore's observation still holds in 1997 and is the basis for many performance forecasts. In 24 years the number of transistors on processor chips has increased by a factor of almost 2400, from 2300 on the Intel 4004 in 1971 to 5.5 million on the Pentium Pro in 1995 (doubling roughly every two years). Date Chip Transistors MIPS clock/MHz ----------------------------------------------- Nov 1971 4004 2300 0.06 0.108 Apr 1974 8080 6000 0.64 2 Jun 1978 8086 29000 0.75 10 Feb 1982 80286 134000 2.66 12 Oct 1985 386DX 275000 5 16 Apr 1989 80486 1200000 20 25 Mar 1993 Pentium 3100000 112 66 Nov 1995 Pentium Pro 5500000 428 200 ----------------------------------------------- Moore's Law has been (mis)interpreted to mean many things over the years. In particular, microprocessor performance has increased faster than the number of transistors per chip. The number of MIPS has, on average, doubled every 1.8 years for the past 25 years, or every 1.6 years for the last 10 years. While more recent processors have had wider data paths, which would correspond to an increase in transistor count, their performance has also increased due to increased clock rates. Chip density in transistors per unit area has increased less quickly - a factor of only 146 between the 4004 (12 mm^2) and the Pentium Pro (196 mm^2) (doubling every 3.3 years). Feature size has decreased from 10 to 0.35 microns which would give over 800 times as many transistors per unit. However, the automatic layout required to cope with the increased complexity is less efficient than the hand layout used for early processors. See also Parkinson's Law of Data.
- most-farrow — (of a cow) not pregnant.
- musical saw — a handsaw played as a musical instrument with a violin bow or a hammer while the saw is bent with varying tension to change the pitch.
- musk mallow — Also called musk rose. a European mallow, Malva moschata, introduced into North America, having musk-scented white or lavender flowers.
- new realism — neorealism.
- ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
- sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
- spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
- sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
- stateswoman — a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
- storm watch — watch (def 20).
- storm water — standing water produced after a heavy rainfall or snowfall
- stunt woman — a woman who substitutes for an actor in scenes requiring hazardous or acrobatic feats.
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- swamp fever — leptospirosis.
- swamp maple — red maple.
- swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
- swarm spore — zoospore
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- swordswoman — a female who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
- time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.
- tradeswoman — a woman engaged in trade.
- trans woman — an adult who was born male but whose gender identity is female.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- waldmeister — An herb used for flavouring wines and liqueurs.
- wall system — a modular system of shelves, some of which may be enclosed by doors, either mounted on a wall or arranged in freestanding units, for holding books, bric-a-brac, etc., and sometimes including such features as a drop-leaf desk or specially designed storage space, as to accommodate records or electronic equipment.