22-letter words containing n, o, c, m

make a clean breast of — Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
make allowances for sb — If you make allowances for someone, you accept behaviour which you would not normally accept or deal with them less severely than you would normally, because of a problem that they have.
make common cause with — join forces
make contact (with sb) — If you make contact with someone, you find out where they are and talk or write to them.
make one's flesh creep — to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
management consultancy — a company of professionals who are employed to help an organization improve efficiency and performance
manhattan clam chowder — a chowder made from clams, tomatoes, and other vegetables and seasoned with thyme.
manner of articulation — the degree of obstruction or the type of channel imposed upon the passage of air at a given place of articulation, as denoted by such categories as stop, fricative, nasal, and semivowel.
master warrant officer — a noncommissioned officer in the Canadian forces junior to a chief warrant officer
mathematical induction — induction (def 5).
mcculloch-pitts neuron — (artificial intelligence) The basic building block of artificial neural networks. It receives one or more inputs and produces one or more identical outputs, each of which is a simple non-linear function of the sum of the inputs to the neuron. The non-linear function is typically a threshhold or step function which is usually smoothed (i.e. a sigmoid) to facilitate learning.
mechanical ventilation — life-support provided by respirator
mecklenburg-vorpommern — German name of Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania.
million electron volts — a unit of energy equal to the energy acquired by an electron in falling through a potential of 10 6 volts. Abbreviation: MeV .
miscellaneous expenses — small expenses of various kinds
mistress of ceremonies — a woman who directs the entertainment at a party, dinner, or the like.
modified american plan — (in hotels) a system of paying a single fixed rate that covers room, breakfast, and one other meal, usually dinner. Abbreviation: MAP.
molecular distillation — a vacuum distillation in which the molecules of the distillate reach the condenser before colliding with one another.
most significant digit — the digit farthest to the left in a number. Abbreviation: MSD.
mother carey's chicken — any of various small petrels, especially the stormy petrel, Oceanites oceanicus.
motorcycle combination — a motorcycle with a sidecar attached
motoring correspondent — a journalist who reviews and writes about cars
mozilla public license — Open source license
much ado about nothing — a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.
myalgic encephalopathy — a condition characterized by painful muscles, extreme fatigue, and general debility, sometimes occurring as a sequel to viral illness
national semiconductor — (company) A semiconductor manufacturer, responsible for the SC/MP, National Semiconductor 16000 and National Semiconductor 32000 series of microprocessors.
negative reinforcement — form of conditioning
no room to swing a cat — If you say 'There's no room to swing a cat' or 'You can't swing a cat', you mean that the place you are talking about is very small or crowded.
nodal switching system — (NSS) Main routing nodes in the NSFnet backbone.
nominal semidestructor — (abuse) Slang for "National Semiconductor", found among other places in the 4.3BSD networking sources. During the late 1970s to mid-1980s this company marketed a series of microprocessors including the National Semiconductor 16000 and National Semiconductor 32000. At one point early in the great microprocessor race, the specs on these chips made them look like serious competition for the rising Intel 80x86 and Motorola 680x0 series. Unfortunately, the actual parts were notoriously flaky and never implemented the full instruction set promised in their literature, apparently because the company couldn't get any of the mask steppings to work as designed. They eventually sank without trace, joining the Zilog Z8000 and a few even more obscure also-rans in the graveyard of forgotten microprocessors.
non-euclidean geometry — geometry based upon one or more postulates that differ from those of Euclid, especially from the postulate that only one line may be drawn through a given point parallel to a given line.
nonterminating decimal — a decimal numeral that does not end in an infinite sequence of zeros (contrasted with terminating decimal).
normal order reduction — Under this evaluation strategy an expression is evaluated by reducing the leftmost outermost redex first. This method will terminate for any expression for which termination is possible, whereas applicative order reduction may not. This method is equivalent to passing arguments unevaluated because arguments are initially to the right of functions applied to them. See also computational adequacy theorem.
northern corn rootworm — corn rootworm.
oak processionary moth — a moth, (Thaumetopoea processionea), of the family Thaumetopoeidae, the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
ocean marine insurance — insurance covering risks involving the transporting of persons or goods on the high seas.
on someone's coattails — the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
open network computing — (ONC) Sun's network protocols.
overstay one's welcome — to stay (at a party, on a visit, etc), longer than pleases the host or hostess
para-aminobenzoic acid — part of the folic acid molecule, a white or yellowish, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 7 NO 2 , the para isomer of aminobenzoic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals and in sunscreens to protect against ultraviolet light. Abbreviation: PABA.
parliamentary election — an election to select the members of a national parliament
pneumocystis pneumonia — a pulmonary infection caused by the protozoan Pneumocystis carinii, occurring as an opportunistic disease in persons with impaired immune systems, as AIDS victims. Abbreviation: PCP.
poor richard's almanac — an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin.
positive reinforcement — encouragement
post office department — former name of United States Postal Service.
potassium ferricyanide — a bright-red, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 , used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, as Prussian blue, and of paper, especially blueprint paper.
potassium ferrocyanide — a lemon-yellow, crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in casehardening alloys having an iron base and in dyeing wool and silk.
principal ideal domain — a commutative integral domain with multiplicative identity in which every ideal is principal.
private-equity company — an organization that uses private equity to gain control of and manage companies
process cinematography — cinematography in which the main or foreground action or scene is superimposed on or combined with simulated or separately filmed background action or scenery to produce special visual effects.

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