18-letter words containing n, o, c, g, r, u
- helicopter gunship — military attack helicopter
- immunopharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the immune system
- induction training — training intended to enable new staff and recruits to do their work
- intercartilaginous — (anatomy) Within cartilage.
- junior high school — a school attended after elementary school and usually consisting of grades seven through nine.
- launching ceremony — a ceremony that celebrates the launch of a ship for the first time into the water
- long-hours culture — The long-hours culture is the way in which some workers feel that they are expected to work much longer hours than they are paid to do.
- manufactured goods — products made by machine
- marriage encounter — a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
- microminiaturizing — Present participle of microminiaturize.
- molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
- mortgage insurance — policy to compensate for property loan payments
- neuroendocrinology — the study of the anatomical and physiological interactions between the nervous and endocrine systems.
- neurophysiological — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuropsychological — Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
- neutrosophic logic — (logic) (Or "Smarandache logic") A generalisation of fuzzy logic based on Neutrosophy. A proposition is t true, i indeterminate, and f false, where t, i, and f are real values from the ranges T, I, F, with no restriction on T, I, F, or the sum n=t+i+f. Neutrosophic logic thus generalises: - intuitionistic logic, which supports incomplete theories (for 0
- occupational group — An occupational group is a category used by insurance companies to classify jobs according to how hazardous they are.
- on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
- orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
- parallel computing — parallel processing
- percussion flaking — a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.
- percussion welding — a form of resistance welding in which the required pressure is provided by a hammerlike blow.
- process scheduling — multitasking
- procrustean string — (programming) A fixed-length string. If a string value is too long for the allocated space, it is truncated to fit; and if it is shorter, the empty space is padded, usually with space characters. This is an allusion to Procrustes, a legendary robber of ancient Attica. He bound his victims to a bed, and if they were shorter than the bed, he stretched their limbs until they would fit; if their limbs were longer, he lopped them off.
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
- reciprocating pump — A reciprocating pump is a pump which uses a backward and forward movement to move a fluid.
- recruiting officer — a person whose job is to recruit staff, esp on behalf of the military
- reduction strategy — (theory) An algorithm for deciding which redex(es) to reduce next. Different strategies have different termination properties in the presence of recursive functions or values. See string reduction, normal order reduction, applicative order reduction, parallel reduction
- reference counting — (programming) A garbage collection technique where each memory cell contains a count of the number of other cells which point to it. If this count reaches zero the cell is freed and its pointers to other cells are followed to decrement their counts, and so on recursively. This technique cannot cope with circular data structures. Cells in such structures refer (indirectly) to themselves and so will never have a zero reference count. This means they would never be reclaimed, even when there are no references from outside the structure.
- running commentary — non-stop description of sth
- second-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
- shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
- shugart technology — Seagate Technology
- six-finger country — an isolated area considered as being inhabited by people who practise inbreeding
- sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- supporting actress — an actress playing a supporting role
- ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
- ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
- universal coupling — a coupling between rotating shafts set at an angle to one another, allowing for rotation in three planes.
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- working men's club — A working men's club is a place where working people, especially men, can go to relax, drink alcoholic drinks, and sometimes watch live entertainment.
- young conservative — a member of the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party