18-letter words containing n, y, m, p
- lone-parent family — a family in which there is only one parent
- management company — a company that manages a unit trust
- many happy returns — When it is someone's birthday, people sometimes say 'Many happy returns' to them as a way of greeting them.
- market opportunity — a situation in which a company can meet an unsatisfied customer need before its competitors
- maternity hospital — birthing facility
- methylprednisolone — A synthetic glucocorticoid drug, with chemical formula C22H30O5.
- mexican gold poppy — an annual wildflower, Eschscholzia mexicana, having orange-gold, cup-shaped flowers, found in dry, mountainous regions of western North America.
- micropalaeontology — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the study of microscopic fossils
- military policeman — A military policeman is a member of the military police.
- minority president — (in the US) a president who has been elected by the largest number of votes cast but not by a majority of the electorate
- minority programme — a programme that appeals to a minority of the available audience
- money for old rope — If you describe a payment as money for old rope, you are emphasizing that it is earned very easily, for very little effort.
- monochlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of three isomers of a chlorinated derivative of biphenyl containing one chlorine atom.
- monophosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with a single unit of phosphoric acid.
- multiply-connected — connected but not simply-connected.
- neo-pythagoreanism — a philosophical system, established in Alexandria and Rome in the second century b.c., consisting mainly of revived Pythagorean doctrines with elements of Platonism and Stoicism.
- neuroophthalmology — the branch of ophthalmology that deals with the optic nerve and other nervous system structures involved in vision.
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- normally aspirated — A normally aspirated or naturally aspirated engine breathes air at atmospheric pressure.
- pathologic anatomy — the branch of pathology dealing with the morphologic changes in tissues.
- payment by results — a system of wage payment whereby all or part of the wage varies systematically according to the level of work performance of an employee
- payment in advance — If a business asks for payment in advance, the payment must be received in full before the goods or services are delivered.
- phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
- plane trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry dealing with plane triangles.
- play cat and mouse — Also called cat and rat. a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player.
- play someone false — to deceive, cheat, hoodwink, or betray someone
- pneumatic conveyor — a tube through which powdered or granular material, such as cement, grain, etc is transported by a flow of air
- politically-minded — (of a person or group of people) interested in the way power is achieved and used in a country or society (through government, policy-making, etc)
- polystyrene cement — a purpose-made adhesive for fixing rigid polystyrene
- population pyramid — a graph showing the distribution of a population by sex, age, etc.
- postviral syndrome — debilitating condition occurring as a sequel to viral illness
- potassium myronate — sinigrin.
- prayer of manasses — a book of the Apocrypha.
- processionary moth — a moth of the family Thaumetopoeidae, esp the oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea), the larvae of which leave the communal shelter nightly for food in a V-shaped procession
- production company — an organization which produces, films, plays, television or radio programmes
- psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
- publicity campaign — an effort to convey information to the public
- publishing company — a firm which publishes books
- pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
- pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
- raman spectroscopy — a form of spectroscopy which uses the Raman effect for studying molecules
- rapid eye movement — rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming.
- redundancy payment — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- repayment mortgage — a mortgage that you pay back in monthly repayments which consist of the accrued interest in addition to the original amount borrowed
- repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
- richard p. feynman — (person, computing, architecture) /fayn'mn/ 1918-1988. A US physicist, computer scientist and author who graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton. Feynmane was a key figure in helping Oppenheimer and team develop atomic bomb. In 1950 he became a professor at Caltech and in 1965 became Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics for QED (quantum electrodynamics). He was a primary figure in "solving" the Challenger disaster O-ring problem. He "rediscovered" the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Tuva. The 2001 film "Infinity" about Feynman's early life featured Matthew Broderick and Patricia Arquette. In 2001, "QED", a play about Feynman's life featuring Alan Alda opened.
- room occupancy tax — Room occupancy tax is a tax that guests at a hotel have to pay in order to stay there.
- rural municipality — any lightly settled area in Canada lacking a local elected government and administered directly by a provincial government.