21-letter words containing m, u, o, n, i

pulse-time modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier is modulated to produce a series of pulses timed to transmit the amplitude and pitch of a signal. Abbr.: PTM.
put someone wise (to) — to give someone information, an explanation, etc. (about); enlighten someone (concerning)
put something over on — to deceive; trick
pyrenean mountain dog — a large heavily built dog of an ancient breed originally used to protect sheep from wild animals: it has a long thick white coat with a dense ruff
quantum teleportation — a hypothetical technique to instantly transfer properties from one quantum system to another without contact, or to transfer a quantum state to an arbitrarily distant location.
queer someone's pitch — to upset someone's plans
registration document — a document giving identification details of a motor vehicle, including its manufacturer, date of registration, engine and chassis numbers, and owner's name
residual unemployment — the unemployment that remains in periods of full employment, as a result of those mentally, physically, or emotionally unfit to work
return from interrupt — (programming) (RTI) An instruction mnemonic on many computers including the 6502 and 6800. The variant "RETI" is found among former Zilog Z80 hackers (almost nobody programs these things in assembly code anymore). The Intel 80x86 equivalent is "IRET".
return the compliment — repay sb's kindness with a kind act
rocky mountain locust — a migratory locust, Melanoplus spretus, that occurs in North America, especially the Great Plains, where swarms cause great damage to crops and other vegetation.
rocky mountain oyster — mountain oyster.
roman catholic church — the Christian church of which the pope, or bishop of Rome, is the supreme head.
rub someone's nose in — to keep reminding someone of something unpleasant, as a mistake made
s-k reduction machine — An abstract machine defined by Professor David Turner to evaluate combinator expressions represented as binary graphs. Named after the two basic combinators, S and K.
saint elias mountains — a mountain range between SE Alaska and the SW Yukon, Canada. Highest peak: Mount Logan, 5959 m (19 550 ft)
saint-maur-des-fosses — a town in N central France, near Paris, on the Marne River.
sampling distribution — the distribution of a statistic based on all possible random samples that can be drawn from a given population.
san gabriel mountains — a mountain range in S California, N of Los Angeles. Highest peak, San Antonio Peak, 10,080 feet (3072 meters).
san gorgonio mountain — a mountain in S California: highest peak in the San Bernardino Mountains. 11,502 feet (3506 meters).
saponification number — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given ester, especially a glyceride.
scalar multiplication — an operation used in the definition of a vector space in which the product of a scalar and a vector is a vector, the operation is distributive over the addition of both scalars and vectors, and is associative with multiplication of scalars
shams ud-din mohammed — (Shams ud-din Mohammed) c1320–89? Persian poet.
simple actor language — (language) (SAL) A minimal actor language, used for teaching in:
someone's name is mud — someone is disgraced
someone's strong suit — a person's greatest talent, most conspicuous character trait, etc.
spin angular momentum — to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
subjective complement — subject complement.
subliminal perception — perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness
supply-side economics — a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance to a strong economy of policies that remove impediments to supply
symphonie fantastique — a programmatic symphony (1830–31) in five movements by Hector Berlioz.
teleological argument — the argument purporting to prove the existence of God from empirical facts, the premise being that the universe shows evidence of order and hence design
temperature inversion — inversion (def 12).
tetrabromofluorescein — eosin (def 1).
the built environment — the buildings and all other things constructed by human beings
the executive mansion — the White House
the moral high ground — If you say that someone has taken the moral high ground, you mean that they consider that their policies and actions are morally superior to the policies and actions of their rivals.
the student community — the body of students in further and higher education, considered as a whole
therapeutic community — a group-based form of therapy for mental disorders, sometimes residential
time and motion study — the systematic investigation and analysis of the motions and the time required to perform a specific operation or task with a view to seeking more efficient methods of production as well as setting time standards.
to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
to know your own mind — If you know your own mind, you are sure about your opinions, and are not easily influenced by other people.
to live hand to mouth — If someone lives hand to mouth or lives from hand to mouth, they have hardly enough food or money to live on.
to put you in mind of — If something puts you in mind of something else, it reminds you of it because it is similar to it or is associated with it.
to stick in your mind — If something sticks in your mind, it remains firmly in your memory.
to take your mind off — If something takes your mind off a problem or unpleasant situation, it helps you to forget about it for a while.
transformational rule — Linguistics. a rule of transformational grammar that relates two phrase markers in the course of a derivation from the deep to the surface syntactic representation of a sentence, as by reordering, inserting, or deleting elements; a rule that converts deep structures into surface structures.
tumor necrosis factor — a protein, produced in humans and other animals, that is destructive to cells showing abnormally rapid growth: identical with cachectin. Abbreviation: TNF.
ultraviolet astronomy — the branch of astronomy that deals with celestial objects emitting electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet range.
uniform business rate — a local tax in the UK paid by businesses, based on a local valuation of their premises and a rate fixed by central government that applies throughout the country

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