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16-letter words containing n, a, s, t

  • database machine — (hardware)   A computer or special hardware that stores and retrieves data from a database. It is specially designed for database access and is coupled to the main (front-end) computer(s) by a high-speed channel. This contrasts with a database server, which is a computer in a local area network that holds a database. The database machine is tightly coupled to the main CPU, whereas the database server is loosely coupled via the network.
  • database manager — a person in charge of designing, maintaining, and controlling a database
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • de-stalinization — the elimination of the influence of Stalin
  • dead-man's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
  • dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
  • debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
  • deboursification — (jargon)   Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
  • decentralisation — Alternative spelling of decentralization.
  • dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
  • declassification — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
  • deep in the past — long ago
  • degenerate state — a state of a system characterized by a set of quantum numbers and represented by an eigenfunction. The energy of each state is precise within the limits imposed by the uncertainty principle but may be changed by applying a field of force. States that have the same energy are called degenerate
  • deindustrialised — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialise.
  • deindustrialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialize.
  • delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
  • deliberativeness — The state or quality of being deliberative.
  • delta conversion — delta reduction
  • demilitarisation — The removal of a military force, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
  • demineralisation — Alternative spelling of demineralization.
  • demolition squad — a group of demolishers
  • demonstrableness — The quality of being demonstrable.
  • demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
  • dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
  • dental insurance — Dental insurance is insurance that pays for treatment by a dentist.
  • department store — A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.
  • departmentalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of departmentalize.
  • departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
  • dependent clause — a clause that cannot function syntactically as a complete sentence by itself but has a nominal, adjectival, or adverbial function within a larger sentence; subordinate clause (Ex.: She will visit us if she can.)
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • depressurization — to remove the air pressure from (a pressurized compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  • destabilizations — Plural form of destabilization.
  • destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
  • developmentalism — An economic theory which states that the best way for Third World countries to develop is through fostering a strong and varied internal market and to impose high tariffs on imported goods.
  • developmentalist — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • dew-point spread — the degrees of difference between the air temperature and the dew point
  • diamond district — the part of a town where diamond merchants and jewellers have their businesses
  • dinosaurs mating — (humour)   The activity said to occur when yet another big iron merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the mainframe industry. Also described as "elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level, with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future. In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "IBM and the Seven Dwarves": Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. Early on, RCA sold out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull. Univac in turn merged with Sperry to form Sperry/Univac, which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form Unisys in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined). In 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR, only to spit it out again in 1996. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in 1988 and later others. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable.
  • diphthongisation — The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
  • disaccreditation — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
  • disappearing act — magic trick
  • disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
  • discombobulating — Present participle of discombobulate.
  • discombobulation — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
  • disconsolateness — (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • discriminability — The condition of being discriminable.
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