14-letter words containing m, u, n, i, t
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- platinum metal — any of the group of precious metallic elements consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum
- platinum-blond — (of hair) of a pale silver-blond colour
- pneumatic duct — the duct joining the air bladder and alimentary canal of a physostomous fish.
- pneumatic pile — a hollow pile, used under water, in which a vacuum is induced so that air and water pressure force it into place.
- pneumatic tire — wheel cover filled with pressurized air
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- pneumoconiotic — a person who suffers from pneumoconiosis
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
- postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- pronunciamento — a proclamation; manifesto; edict.
- pumice country — volcanic farmland in the North Island
- put a crimp in — to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
- put money into — to invest money in
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quantum meruit — as much as he has earned: denoting a payment for goods or services in partial fulfilment of a contract or for those supplied when no price has been agreed
- quantum optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as a stream of photons, each possessing a quantum of energy proportional to the frequency of light when it is considered as a wave motion.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- questionmaster — quizmaster.
- quinnat salmon — chinook salmon.
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- radiostrontium — strontium 90.
- rambunctiously — difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.
- re-enumeration — an act of enumerating.
- reaccumulation — act or state of accumulating; state of being accumulated.
- redisbursement — the act or an instance of disbursing.
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- run-time error — (programming) An error in the execution of a program which occurs at run time, as opposed to a compile-time error. A good programming language should, among other things, aim to replace run-time errors by compile-time errors. Language features such as strong typing help. A good program should attempt to avoid run-time errors by, for example, checking that their input data is sensible. Where this is not possible, the program should attempt to detect the error and handle it gracefully rather than just exiting via the language or operating system's default handler. Here again, a good language will make this easy to do (or at least possible). See also abort, core dump, GPF.
- running myrtle — the periwinkle, Vinca minor.
- seaman recruit — a noncommissioned enlisted person of the lowest rank. Abbreviation: SR.
- semi-nocturnal — active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal animals.
- semiautonomous — partially self-governing, especially with reference to internal affairs.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- situation room — a room at a military or political headquarters where the latest information on a military or political situation is channeled.