18-letter words containing m, u

domremy-la-pucelle — a village in Lorraine, NE France, SW of Nancy: birthplace of Joan of Arc.
double achievement — a representation of the arms of a husband beside those of his wife such that a difference of rank between them is shown.
dramatic monologue — a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.
drug on the market — Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
duodenojejunostomy — the formation of an artificial connection between the duodenum and the jejunum.
eau de vie de marc — marc (def 2).
ecumenical council — a solemn assembly in the Roman Catholic Church, convoked and presided over by the pope and composed of cardinals, bishops, and certain other prelates whose decrees, when confirmed by the pope, become binding.
eighty-column mind — (abuse) The sort said to be possessed by persons for whom the transition from punched card to paper tape was traumatic (nobody has dared tell them about disks yet). It is said that these people, including (according to an old joke) the founder of IBM, will be buried "face down, 9-edge first" (the 9-edge being the bottom of the card). This directive is inscribed on IBM's 1402 and 1622 card readers and is referenced in a famous bit of doggerel called "The Last Bug", the climactic lines of which are as follows: He died at the console Of hunger and thirst. Next day he was buried, Face down, 9-edge first. The eighty-column mind is thought by most hackers to dominate IBM's customer base and its thinking. See fear and loathing, card walloper.
electroluminescent — Having the quality of electroluminescence.
elementary student — primary school pupil
emergent evolution — the doctrine that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as life and consciousness, appear at certain critical points, usually because of an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities
energy consumption — amount of energy used
entrepreneurialism — The spirit or state of acting in an entrepreneurial manner.
entry requirements — the types and grades of examination required to enter a university
ethnomusicological — Relating to or pertaining to ethnomusicology.
euclid's algorithm — (algorithm) (Or "Euclidean Algorithm") An algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers. It relies on the identity gcd(a, b) = gcd(a-b, b) To find the GCD of two numbers by this algorithm, repeatedly replace the larger by subtracting the smaller from it until the two numbers are equal. E.g. 132, 168 -> 132, 36 -> 96, 36 -> 60, 36 -> 24, 36 -> 24, 12 -> 12, 12 so the GCD of 132 and 168 is 12. This algorithm requires only subtraction and comparison operations but can take a number of steps proportional to the difference between the initial numbers (e.g. gcd(1, 1001) will take 1000 steps).
euglenoid movement — the expansion and contraction of the cell body of various flagellates
european community — an economic and political association of European States that came into being in 1967, when the legislative and executive bodies of the European Economic Community merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community: subsumed into the European Union in 1993
executive chairman — the most senior internal position within a company, combining the duties of chairman and chief executive
exercise equipment — equipment that can be used for exercising, such as tread mills, rowing machines, etc
extemporaneousness — The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
fascicular cambium — cambium that develops within the vascular bundles, producing secondary xylem and phloem.
feeping creaturism — /fee'ping kree"ch*r-izm/ A deliberate spoonerism for creeping featurism, meant to imply that the system or program in question has become a misshapen creature of hacks. This term isn"t really well defined, but it sounds so neat that most hackers have said or heard it. It is probably reinforced by an image of terminals prowling about in the dark making their customary noises.
first class module — (programming) A module that is a first class data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functions. In a functional language, it is standard to have first class programs, so program building blocks can have the same status.
fitzwilliam museum — a museum, attached to Cambridge University and founded in 1816, noted esp for its paintings and collections devoted to the applied arts
five hundred rummy — a variety of rummy in which the winner is the first player to score 500 points.
fixed-focus camera — a camera with an unadjustable focal length and with a relatively large depth of field.
fluegelman, andrew — Andrew Fluegelman
forget-me-not blue — a shade of blue similar to the shade of the flowers of a forget-me-not
formal equivalence — the relation that holds between two open sentences when their universal closures are materially equivalent
foundation garment — an undergarment, as a girdle or corset, worn by women to support or give shape to the contours of the body.
four-color problem — the problem, solved in 1976, of proving the theorem that any geographic map can be colored using only four colors so that no connected countries with a common boundary are colored the same color.
fourth commandment — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”: fourth of the Ten Commandments.
fourth normal form — database normalisation
frequency spectrum — The frequency spectrum of an electrical signal is the distribution of the amplitudes and phases of each frequency component against frequency.
from hand to mouth — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
from the ground up — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
from the housetops — publicly and widely
fu manchu mustache — a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.
fulminating powder — powder that explodes by percussion.
fuming nitric acid — a colorless, yellowish, or brownish fuming corrosive liquid, usually prepared from nitric acid by the addition of excess nitrogen dioxide: used in organic synthesis for nitration, and as an oxidizer in liquid propellants for rockets.
functional program — (language) A program employing the functional programming approach or written in a functional language.
gainful employment — an occupation that pays an income
gamblers anonymous — an organization that holds group meetings to help people who are addicted to gambling
gamma distribution — a continuous two-parameter distribution from which the chi-square and exponential distributions are derived, written Gamma (α. β), where α and β are greater than zero, and defined in terms of the gamma function
gastroduodenostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
geiger-muller tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
genital mutilation — any type of cutting or removal of all or some of the genital organs, especially excision of the clitoris.
give someone curry — to assault (a person) verbally or physically
give someone pause — to make someone hesitant or uncertain

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