13-letter words containing m, e, a, n, i
- documentation — the use of documentary evidence.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- domain handle — (networking) Information held by a domain name registrar about a registrant (the person or organisation that owns the name). Typically the registrar stores one copy of this information and refers to that copy for each additional domain registered by the same person. The information would include basic contact details: name, e-mail address, etc. and billing information. Some of this information would be used to populate the whois database entry for a domain.
- domain theory — (theory) A branch of mathematics introduced by Dana Scott in 1970 as a mathematical theory of programming languages, and for nearly a quarter of a century developed almost exclusively in connection with denotational semantics in computer science. In denotational semantics of programming languages, the meaning of a program is taken to be an element of a domain. A domain is a mathematical structure consisting of a set of values (or "points") and an ordering relation, <= on those values. Domain theory is the study of such structures. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \subseteq) Different domains correspond to the different types of object with which a program deals. In a language containing functions, we might have a domain X -> Y which is the set of functions from domain X to domain Y with the ordering f <= g iff for all x in X, f x <= g x. In the pure lambda-calculus all objects are functions or applications of functions to other functions. To represent the meaning of such programs, we must solve the recursive equation over domains, D = D -> D which states that domain D is (isomorphic to) some function space from D to itself. I.e. it is a fixed point D = F(D) for some operator F that takes a domain D to D -> D. The equivalent equation has no non-trivial solution in set theory. There are many definitions of domains, with different properties and suitable for different purposes. One commonly used definition is that of Scott domains, often simply called domains, which are omega-algebraic, consistently complete CPOs. There are domain-theoretic computational models in other branches of mathematics including dynamical systems, fractals, measure theory, integration theory, probability theory, and stochastic processes. See also abstract interpretation, bottom, pointed domain.
- domesticating — Present participle of domesticate.
- domestication — to convert (animals, plants, etc.) to domestic uses; tame.
- dragging-beam — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
- drum magazine — a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- dumb terminal — (hardware) A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
- dynamic range — the range of signal amplitudes over which an electronic communications channel can operate within acceptable limits of distortion. The range is determined by system noise at the lower end and by the onset of overload at the upper end
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- e-mail client — mail user agent
- early-morning — taking place or being presented in the early part of the morning
- earned income — income from wages, salaries, fees, or the like, accruing from labor or services performed by the earner.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- economization — The act or practice of using resources to the best effect.
- ecumenicalism — the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.
- edwardsianism — a modified form of Calvinism taught by Jonathan Edwards.
- egomaniacally — In an egomaniacal manner.
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- embryonically — In an embryonic way.
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- emotionalists — Plural form of emotionalist.
- emotionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of emotionalize.
- emotionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emotionalize.
- emotionalness — The state or quality of being emotional.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- emtricitabine — A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection.
- enantiodromia — (psychiatry, according to Carl Jung) The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium.
- enantiodromic — relating to enantiodromia
- enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
- enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
- encomiastical — Alternative form of encomiastic.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- enigmatically — Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
- enterotoxemia — Blood poisoning caused by an enterotoxin.
- entertainment — The action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment.
- entomological — Of or pertaining to entomology.
- enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
- environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
- enzymatically — In terms of, or by using, enzymes.
- epiphenomenal — Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.Huettel, Function Magnetic Imaging, 2004.