22-letter words containing o, c, t, p

geographic determinism — a doctrine that regards geographical conditions as the determining or molding agency of group life.
get/come to grips with — If you get to grips with a problem or if you come to grips with it, you consider it seriously, and start taking action to deal with it.
go through one's paces — to show one's abilities, skills, etc.
government corporation — a corporation set up by a national government to carry out business transactions on its behalf
gravitational collapse — the final stage of stellar evolution in which a star collapses to a final state, as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, when the star's nuclear reactions no longer generate enough pressure to balance the attractive force of gravity.
gross domestic product — gross national product excluding payments on foreign investments. Abbreviation: GDP.
gross national product — the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a country during one year. Abbreviation: GNP.
gum bichromate process — a contact printing method in which the image is formed on a coating of sensitized gum containing a suitable colored pigment and potassium or ammonium dichromate.
hemorrhagic septicemia — an acute infectious disease of animals, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, and characterized by fever, catarrhal symptoms, pneumonia, and general blood infection.
high-speed net connect — (hardware, communications) (HNC) A network interface unit for BS2000 mainframes based on Novell NetWare, supporting Ethernet and FDDI.
horizontal application — An application program common to different business processes, e.g. office automation. Compare vertical application.
horn-rimmed spectacles — spectacles with rims made of material resembling horn
hubble space telescope — U.S. Aerospace. a 7.9-foot (2.4-meter) optical telescope designed for use in orbit around the earth.
hybrid multiprocessing — (parallel) (HMP) The kind of multitasking which OS/2 supports. HMP provides some elements of symmetric multiprocessing, using add-on IBM software called MP/2. OS/2 SMP was planned for release in late 1993.
hypothetical syllogism — a hypothetical syllogism has two uses. In propositional logic it expresses one of the rules of inference, while in the history of logic, it is a short-hand for the theory of consequence
ice-making compartment — a part of a refrigerator in which ice is made
if push comes to shove — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
in anticipation of sth — If something is done in anticipation of an event, it is done because people believe that event is going to happen.
incremental repetition — repetition, with variation, of a refrain or other part of a poem, especially a ballad.
independent contractor — self-employed or freelance worker
information processing — processing of information, especially the handling of information by computers in accordance with strictly defined systems of procedure.
intermetallic compound — a compound of two or more metals.
isthmus of tehuantepec — the narrowest part of S Mexico, with the Bay of Campeche on the north coast and the Gulf of Tehuantepec (an inlet of the Pacific) on the south coast
jackpot winning ticket — a ticket that contains all the winning numbers in a lottery etc, allowing the owner of the ticket to claim the jackpot prize
java community process — (project) (JCP) An organization controlled by Sun Microsystems to further the growth of the Java language and runtime. The JCP produces standards called Java Standard Requests, which are "requests" in the same sense as RFCs.
last call optimisation — (programming) (Or "tail call optimisation") Discarding the immediate calling context (call stack frame) when the last action of a function or procedure, A, is to call another function or procedure, B. B will then return directly to A's caller, or possibly further up the call stack if the optimisation has been applied to several consecutive calls. Last call optimisation allows arbitrarily deep nesting of procedure calls without consuming memory to store useless environments. This is particularly useful in the special case of tail recursion optimisation, where a procedure's last action is to call itself (possibly indirectly).
left-handed compliment — an ambiguous compliment
liberal democrat party — The Liberal Democrat Party is the third largest political party in Britain and the main centre party. It believes in improving the constitution and the voting system and in providing good welfare services.
lord justice of appeal — an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal
lowest common multiple — the smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers.
magnetic dipole moment — a measure of the magnetic strength of a magnet or current-carrying coil, expressed as the torque per unit magnetic-flux density produced when the magnet or coil is set with its axis perpendicular to the magnetic field
magnetic pole strength — Electricity. a measure of the force exerted by one face of a magnet on a face of another magnet when both magnets are represented by equal and opposite poles. Symbol: m.
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.
microspectrophotometer — a spectrophotometer for examining light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
microspectrophotometry — a spectrophotometer for examining light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
microwave spectroscopy — the determination of those frequencies of the microwave spectrum that are selectively absorbed by certain materials, providing information about atomic, molecular, and crystalline structure.
motoring correspondent — a journalist who reviews and writes about cars
myalgic encephalopathy — a condition characterized by painful muscles, extreme fatigue, and general debility, sometimes occurring as a sequel to viral illness
non-constructive proof — (logic) (Or "existence proof") A proof that something exists that does not provide an example of that thing or a method for finding an example. (A constructive proof does provide such an example or method). For example, for any pair of finite real numbers n < 0 and p > 0 there exists a real number 0 < k < 1 such that f(k) = (1-k)*n + k*p = 0. A non-constructive proof might proceed by observing that as k changes continuously from 0 to 1, f(k) changes continuously from n to p and, since they lie either side of zero, f(k) must pass through zero for some intermediate value of k. This proof does not tell us what that value of k is, only that it exists.
nonspecific urethritis — nongonococcal urethritis.
nonspecular reflection — the diffuse reflection of sound or light waves
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
object-oriented pascal — Object Pascal
obtaining by deception — the offence of dishonestly obtaining the property of another by some deception or misrepresentation of facts
occupational therapist — professional who assists with rehabilitation
oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
open network computing — (ONC) Sun's network protocols.
open source definition — (standard) (OSD) Definition of distribution terms for open source software, promoted by the Open Source Initiative.
open source initiative — (body) (OSI) An organisation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community.
operating instructions — instructions on how to use something (such an electrical appliance, etc)

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