18-letter words containing n, y, m

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
quantum efficiency — the number of electrons released by a photocell per photon of incident radiation of a given energy
raman spectroscopy — a form of spectroscopy which uses the Raman effect for studying molecules
random walk theory — the theory that the future movement of share prices does not reflect past movements and therefore will not follow a discernible pattern
rapid eye movement — rapidly shifting, continuous movements of the eyes beneath closed lids during the stage of sleep characterized by dreaming.
recruitment agency — company that places job candidates
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
relative minor key — a minor key that has the same key signature as a major key, but a different tonic
remembrance sunday — the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the armistice of 1918 that ended World War I, on which the dead of both World Wars are commemorated
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
restoration comedy — English comedy of the period of the Restoration, stressing manners and social satire.
restriction enzyme — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA molecules at specific sites: used for gene splicing in recombinant DNA technology and for chromosome mapping.
rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
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.
run in sb's family — If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations.
running commentary — non-stop description of sth
rural municipality — any lightly settled area in Canada lacking a local elected government and administered directly by a provincial government.
sampling frequency — sample rate
secondary consumer — (in the food chain) a carnivore that feeds only upon herbivores.
secondary emission — the emission of electrons (secondary electrons) from a material that is bombarded with electrons or ions.
security agreement — business: contract
semi-microanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
sodium thiocyanate — a white powder or colorless, deliquescent crystals, NaSCN, used chiefly in organic synthesis and in medicine in the treatment of hypertension.
st john chrysostom — Saint John, a.d. 347?–407, ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.
state of emergency — If a government or other authority declares a state of emergency in an area, it introduces special measures such as increased powers for the police or army, usually because of civil disorder or because of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.
stockholm syndrome — an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival.
submaxillary gland — submandibular gland.
subsidiary company — a company whose controlling interest is owned by another company.
summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
symbolist movement — a movement beginning in French and Belgian poetry towards the end of the 19th century with the verse of Mallarmé, Valéry, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Maeterlinck, and others, and seeking to express states of mind rather than objective reality by making use of the power of words and images to suggest as well as denote
symmetric function — a polynomial in several indeterminates that stays the same under any permutation of the indeterminates.
sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
symphony orchestra — a large orchestra composed of wind, string, and percussion instruments and organized to perform symphonic compositions.
synthetic geometry — elementary geometry, as distinct from analytic geometry.
system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
systematic phoneme — a phonological unit in generative phonology representing an underlying form that takes into account the relationship between phonological patterns and morphological variation, as the unit underlying the second vowel in both derive and derivative.
television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
testamentary trust — a trust set up under the terms of a will.
the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to cross your mind — If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it.

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