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19-letter words containing m

  • amino acid sequence — the unique sequence of amino acids that characterizes a given protein
  • ammonium bifluoride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, NH 4 HF 2 , used chiefly for cleaning and sterilizing brewing and dairy equipment.
  • ammonium binoxalate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 2 H 5 NO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly for removing ink stains from fabrics.
  • amount of substance — a measure of the number of entities (atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, etc) present in a substance, expressed in moles
  • analytical geometry — the branch of geometry that uses algebraic notation and analysis to locate a geometric point in terms of a coordinate system; coordinate geometry
  • anarcho-syndicalism — syndicalism.
  • anatomical snuffbox — the triangular depression on the back of the hand between the thumb and the index finger
  • ancillary equipment — Ancillary equipment is machines and other technical things which are used with the main items of equipment to create a complete system.
  • andrew s. tanenbaum — Andrew Tanenbaum
  • angioneurotic edema — swelling that occurs just beneath the surface of the skin or mucous membranes.
  • annual limit values — Annual limit values are the maximum amounts of emissions which are allowed each year.
  • answerphone message — a pre-recorded message that is left on an answering machine, usually inviting callers to leave a message
  • anterograde amnesia — amnesia caused by brain damage in which the memory loss relates to events occurring after the damage
  • anthropomorphically — ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity.
  • anti-comintern pact — a pact formed in 1936, based on agreements between Germany and Japan to oppose communism and the Third International: Italy and Spain subsequently became signatories.
  • anti-fundamentalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • anti-fundamentalist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.
  • anticompetitiveness — The quality of being anticompetitive.
  • antimissile missile — a ballistic missile for seeking and destroying missiles in flight.
  • antimony trisulfide — a black or orange-red crystalline compound, Sb2S3, used as a pigment, in pyrotechnics and matches, for fireproofing fabrics and paper, etc.
  • application program — a computer program that is written and designed for a specific need or purpose
  • appointment viewing — the practice of setting time aside to watch particular television programmes
  • appointments bureau — an office responsible for filling appointments
  • apres moi le deluge — after me the deluge
  • armed response unit — (in Britain) a unit of police officers who are trained to use firearms in situations where unarmed police officers would be in danger
  • armillaria root rot — a widespread rot caused by the honey mushroom, Armillariella mellea, seriously damaging to the roots of various hardwoods, conifers, and other trees.
  • army of the potomac — Union forces, trained and organized by Gen. George B. McClellan, that guarded Washington, D.C., against a Confederate invasion across the Potomac and fought battles in the eastern sector during the Civil War.
  • aromatase inhibitor — any of a class of drugs that inhibit the action of aromatase: used in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer
  • artemis microkernel — (operating system)   A microkernel currently under development by Dave Hudson <[email protected]>, scheduled for release under GPL in May 1995. It is targeted at embedded applications on Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium based systems.
  • artificial climbing — the sport of climbing an artificially constructed, rocklike wall by means of footholds and handholds and, typically, a belaying device.
  • as a matter of fact — You use as a matter of fact to introduce a statement that gives more details about what has just been said, or an explanation of it, or something that contrasts with it.
  • as long as your arm — If you say that a list is as long as your arm, you are emphasizing that it is very long.
  • asperger's syndrome — a form of autism in which the person affected has limited but obsessive interests, and has difficulty relating to other people
  • asymmetric war-fare — warfare in which opposing groups or nations have unequal military resources, and the weaker opponent uses unconventional weapons and tactics, as terrorism, to exploit the vulnerabilities of the enemy.
  • at most/at the most — You use at most or at the most to say that a number or amount is the maximum that is possible and that the actual number or amount may be smaller.
  • atmospheric braking — a technique of reentry in which the vehicle is maneuvered in the upper atmosphere so as to lose velocity by utilizing drag without overheating.
  • attachment disorder — an emotional and behavioral disorder arising from a failure to form a strong bond with one’s primary caregiver in early childhood and affecting one’s social relationships in later childhood and adulthood. See also attachment (def 3a).
  • attempt the life of — to try to kill
  • augmented cognition — the study of the augmenting of human mental functions by computer programs
  • australian fan palm — a fan palm, Livistona australis, of Australia, having a slender, reddish-brown trunk, spiny leafstalks, and round fruit.
  • ave regina coelorum — a Latin hymn in honor of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven.
  • awareness programme — a programme designed to increase awareness of something
  • axiomatic semantics — (theory)   A set of assertions about properties of a system and how they are effected by program execution. The axiomatic semantics of a program could include pre- and post-conditions for operations. In particular if you view the program as a state transformer (or collection of state transformers), the axiomatic semantics is a set of invariants on the state which the state transformer satisfies. E.g. for a function with the type: sort_list :: [T] -> [T] we might give the precondition that the argument of the function is a list, and a postcondition that the return value is a list that is sorted. One interesting use of axiomatic semantics is to have a language that has a finitely computable sublanguage that is used for specifying pre and post conditions, and then have the compiler prove that the program will satisfy those conditions. See also operational semantics, denotational semantics.
  • baader-meinhof gang — a group of left-wing West German terrorists, active in the 1970s, who were dedicated to the violent overthrow of capitalist society
  • backward compatible — backward compatibility
  • backward somersault — a somersault performed in a backward direction with the legs leading the rest of the body
  • balance of payments — A country's balance of payments is the difference, over a period of time, between the payments it makes to other countries for imports and the payments it receives from other countries for exports.
  • balsam woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
  • barometric gradient — pressure gradient
  • barometric pressure — atmospheric pressure as indicated by a barometer
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