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17-letter words containing m, o, e, r

  • tourette syndrome — a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent involuntary movements, including multiple neck jerks and sometimes vocal tics, as grunts, barks, or words, especially obscenities.
  • traffic policeman — a policeman controlling traffic, esp while stationed at an intersection, or enforcing traffic regulations
  • transmission line — a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.
  • triboluminescence — luminescence produced by friction, usually within a crystalline substance.
  • tridimensionality — having three dimensions.
  • tropical maritime — a type of warm, wet air mass originating at low latitudes over ocean areas
  • tropical medicine — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of diseases occurring in the tropics.
  • trouble came back — (jargon)   (TCB) An IBM term for an intermittent or difficult-to-reproduce problem that has failed to respond to neglect or shotgun debugging. Compare heisenbug.
  • trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • turn on the charm — If someone turns on the charm, they behave in a way that seems very friendly but which you think is insincere, often in order to obtain something or deceive someone.
  • turner's syndrome — an abnormal congenital condition resulting from a defect on or absence of the second sex chromosome, characterized by retarded growth of the gonads.
  • ultrametamorphism — metamorphism during which the temperature of a rock exceeds its melting point.
  • ultramicrobalance — a balance for weighing precisely, to a hundredth of a microgram or less, minute quantities of material.
  • uncomfortableness — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • underground movie — a movie produced independently on a low budget and often using experimental techniques and avant-garde themes.
  • unemployment rate — percentage of population without jobs
  • unprofessionalism — not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession.
  • urban development — the development or improvement of an urban area by building
  • urogenital system — the urinary tract and reproductive organs
  • vacuum extraction — applying suction to a baby's head during birth to help it emerge
  • vale of glamorgan — a county borough of S Wales, created in 1996 from parts of South Glamorgan and Mid Glamorgan. Administrative centre: Barry. Pop: 121 200 (2003 est). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
  • variable-geometry — denoting an aircraft in which the wings are hinged to give the variable aspect ratio colloquially known as a swing-wing
  • vermiform process — vermiform appendix.
  • vertical mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • very large memory — (architecture)   (VLM) A processor and operating system that can use more than 4GB of RAM, which is the limit for systems using 32-bit addresses. VLM architectures allow application programs and Very Large Databases with more than 4GB of data to be placed entirely in physical memory, with large performance enhancements. Some recent processors like the DEC Alpha can process 64 bits of data at a time and use addresses wider than 32 bits. (Solaris http://sun.com/solaris/64bit.html). (SGI http://sgi.com/Technology/standard/faq.html). (Unix 98 http://UNIX-systems.org/version2/whatsnew/login_64bit.html).
  • victor emmanuel i — 1759–1824, king of Sardinia 1802–21.
  • waiver of premium — a provision in a policy establishing specific conditions under which the policy will be kept in force without the policyholder's being required to continue to pay premiums.
  • wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
  • wave-cut platform — a flat surface at the base of a cliff formed by erosion by waves
  • wearable computer — a small computer that is worn or carried on the body; a wearable computing device: a wrist-worn wearable computer with a head-mounted display.
  • welfare economics — a branch of economics concerned with improving human welfare and social conditions chiefly through the optimum distribution of wealth, the relief or reduction of unemployment, etc.
  • well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
  • weston-super-mare — a town and resort in SW England, in North Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the Bristol Channel. Pop: 78 044 (2001)
  • whistler's mother — (formal name, Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother) a painting (1871) by James McNeill Whistler.
  • white book cd-rom — (hardware, standard)   A more open CD-ROM standard than Green Book CD-ROM. All films mastered on CD-ROM after March 1994 use White Book. Like Green Book, it is ISO 9660 compliant, uses mode 2 form 2 addressing and can only be played on a CD-ROM drive which is XA (Extended Architecture) compatible. White book CDs are labelled "Video CD".
  • william shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
  • williams syndrome — an abnormality in the genes involved in calcium metabolism, resulting in learning difficulties
  • withdrawal method — a method of contraception in which the man withdraws his penis from the woman's vagina before ejaculation
  • woman of the hour — a woman honored by a group.
  • wood meadow grass — a coarse, spreading grass, Poa nemoralis, of Eurasia, having flowers in long, narrow clusters.
  • wrangell-mountain — Mount, an active volcano in SE Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 14,006 feet (4269 meters).
  • x-ray examination — an examination of part of the body, using an X-ray machine
  • yellow journalism — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
  • yesterday morning — during the morning of the day preceding today
  • yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
  • you're telling me — I know, I'm well aware
  • zonal pelargonium — a pelargonium whose leaves are marked with concentric circles of a different colour to the rest of the leaf
  • zygomatic process — any of several bony processes that articulate with the cheekbone.
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