23-letter words containing n, o, m, y

keep (a person) company — to stay with (a person) so as to provide companionship
look someone in the eye — to look at someone openly and without shame or embarrassment
lossy audio compression — (audio, compression) Any audio compression algorithm which does not retain every bit of data but only reproduces a signal that sounds more or less like the original. Examples are MP1, MP2, MP3, AAC.
magneto-encephalography — a record of the magnetic field of the brain. Abbreviation: MEG.
magnetohydrodynamically — In a magnetohydrodynamic way.
maturity-onset diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
methylisobutenyl ketone — mesityl oxide.
methylthionine chloride — methylene blue.
micro assembly language — (language) (MAL) A microprogramming language with high-level syntax, used in the reference below. See also Mic-1, Mac-1.
minimum security prison — A minimum security prison is a prison where there are fewer restrictions on prisoners than in a normal prison.
more than meets the eye — hidden motives, meaning, or facts
of many (or few) words — talkative (or not talkative)
of many years' standing — You can use the expression of many years' standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example, if a place is your home of ten years' standing, it has been your home for ten years.
on-line computer system — (OLC) A predecessor of the Culler-Fried System from UCSB ca. 1966.
parliamentary democracy — a system of government in which people elect representatives to a parliament to make laws, for example Canada and the UK
performance-related pay — salary based on individual assessment
peroxymonosulfuric acid — persulfuric acid (def 1).
pharmaceuticals company — a company specialising in developing and marketing pharmaceuticals
planetesimal hypothesis — one of the small celestial bodies that, according to one theory (planetesimal hypothesis) were fused together to form the planets of the solar system.
play by electronic mail — (games) A kind of game where the players use electronic mail to communicate. This may be done via a human moderator or an automatic mailing list exploder on some central machine or it may be fully distributed with each player just addressing his mail to all other players. This is a natural extension of "play by mail" games conducted via snail mail.
polybrominated biphenyl — PBB.
private limited company — a company whose shares can be bought by the public
psychomotor retardation — a generalized slowing of psychological and physical activity, frequently occurring as a symptom of severe depression.
public enemy number one — (not in official use) a criminal at the top of the FBI's list of the ten most wanted criminals.
publicly-quoted company — a company whose shares are traded on a stock exchange
puerto rican royal palm — a feather palm, Roystonea borinquena, of Puerto Rico and St. Croix, having leaves about 10 feet (3 meters) long and egg-shaped, yellowish-brown fruit.
quantum electrodynamics — the quantum field theory that deals with the electromagnetic field and its interaction with electrons and positrons. Abbreviation: QED.
quantum flavourdynamics — a gauge theory of the electromagnetic and weak interactions
real simple syndication — (spelling) Illiterate form of Really Simple Syndication.
revision control system — (software, tool) (RCS) A version control system that automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form letters.
rocky mountain beeplant — a rank-smelling plant, Cleome serrulata, of the caper family, native to the western U.S., having showy, dense clusters of pink or white flowers, frequented by bees.
secondary modern school — (formerly) a secondary school offering a more technical or practical and less academic education than a grammar school
social security payment — a payment of social security made to an individual
state coordinate system — a system of right-angled planar coordinates established by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for each state in the United States.
statutory maternity pay — the maternity pay a woman is legally entitled to
structural unemployment — unemployment caused by basic changes in the overall economy, as in demographics, technology, or industrial organization.
symbolic interactionism — a theory that human interaction and communication is facilitated by words, gestures, and other symbols that have acquired conventionalized meanings.
system control language — (language) (SCL) The command language for the VME/B operating system on the ICL2900. SCL was block structured and supported strings, lists of strings ("superstrings"), integer, Boolean, and array types. You could trigger a block whenever a condition on a variable value occured. It supported macros and default arguments. Commands were treated like procedure calls.
the information highway — the internet
to clap eyes on someone — To clap eyes on someone or something, or set or lay eyes on them, means to see them.
to come to a sticky end — If someone comes to a sticky end or meets a sticky end, they suffer very badly or die in an unpleasant way.
to keep someone company — If you keep someone company, you spend time with them and stop them feeling lonely or bored.
to make your skin crawl — If something makes your skin crawl or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel shocked or disgusted.
to meet someone halfway — If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of the points they are making so that you can come to an agreement with them.
to put your mind to sth — If you put your mind to something, you start making an effort to do it.
twenty-fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1964, forbidding the use of the poll tax as a requirement for voting in national or U.S. Congressional elections.
twenty-second amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, limiting presidential terms to two for any one person, or to one elected term if the person has completed more than two years of another's term.
university of minnesota — (body, education) The home of Gopher. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
urea-formaldehyde resin — any of a group of resins formed by the interaction of urea and formaldehyde under conditions that include heat and pH control: used chiefly in the manufacture of buttons, baking enamels, and for making fabrics wrinkle-resistant.
you can't go home again — a novel (1940) by Thomas Wolfe.

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