16-letter words containing m, i, c, h, g
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- microangiopathic — Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy.
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- microphotographs — Plural form of microphotograph.
- microphotography — microfilm (def 1).
- molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- munching squares — A display hack dating back to the PDP-1 (ca. 1962, reportedly discovered by Jackson Wright), which employs a trivial computation (repeatedly plotting the graph Y = X XOR T for successive values of T - see HAKMEM items 146--148) to produce an impressive display of moving and growing squares that devour the screen. The initial value of T is treated as a parameter, which, when well-chosen, can produce amazing effects. Some of these, later (re)discovered on the LISP Machine, have been christened "munching triangles" (try AND for XOR and toggling points instead of plotting them), "munching w's", and "munching mazes". More generally, suppose a graphics program produces an impressive and ever-changing display of some basic form, foo, on a display terminal, and does it using a relatively simple program; then the program (or the resulting display) is likely to be referred to as "munching foos". [This is a good example of the use of the word foo as a metasyntactic variable.]
- number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- ophthalmological — Pertaining to ophthalmology.
- oxycalcium light — calcium light.
- pattern matching — 1. A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. For example, the function length [] = 0 length (x:xs) = 1 + length xs uses pattern matching in its argument to distinguish a null list from a non-null one. There are well known algorithm for translating pattern matching into conditional expressions such as "if" or "case". E.g. the above function could be transformed to 2. Descriptive of a type of language or utility such as awk or Perl which is suited to searching for strings or patterns in input data, usually using some kind of regular expression.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
- pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
- phenomenological — the study of phenomena.
- physiognomically — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
- psychoimmunology — the branch of medicine studying the effects of psychological phenomena on the immune system; the intersection of psychology and immunology.
- pygmy chimpanzee — a small chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, primarily of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a threatened species.
- recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
- richmond heights — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- scheme of things — Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
- shopping complex — a shopping centre
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- teaching machine — a mechanical, electrical, or other automatic device that presents the user with items of information in planned sequence, registers his or her response to each item, and immediately indicates the acceptability of each response.
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- trimethylglycine — betaine.
- weighing machine — large measuring scales