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19-letter words containing p, a, i, m, o, c

  • contemplative order — a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.
  • corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
  • cosmopolitanization — to make cosmopolitan.
  • counter-programming — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
  • cracked compression — Cracked compression is a separation process for separating hydrocarbons further, with an increase in the pressure of the cracked gas.
  • criminal psychology — study of criminals' minds
  • cuboidal epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of cells of cuboid or polyhedral shape.
  • de-compartmentalize — to divide into categories or compartments.
  • deflate compression — deflate
  • diplomatic immunity — exemption from taxation, searches, arrest, etc., enjoyed by diplomatic officials and their dependent families under international law, and usually on a reciprocal basis.
  • displaced homemaker — a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.
  • dynamic positioning — Dynamic positioning is the use of computers to control the position of a semi-submersible rig.
  • electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
  • european commission — the executive body of the European Union formed in 1967, which initiates action in the EU and mediates between member governments
  • exophthalmic goiter — a disease of unknown cause characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, overproduction of the thyroid hormone, and abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs
  • exophthalmic goitre — a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss
  • facultative apomict — a plant that can reproduce sexually or asexually.
  • family practitioner — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
  • farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
  • fractal compression — (algorithm)   A technique for encoding images using fractals.
  • generic programming — (programming)   A programming technique which aims to make programs more adaptable by making them more general. Generic programs often embody non-traditional kinds of polymorphism; ordinary programs are obtained from them by suitably instantiating their parameters. In contrast with normal programs, the parameters of a generic programs are often quite rich in structure. For example they may be other programs, types or type constructors or even programming paradigms.
  • genetic programming — (programming)   (GP) A programming technique which extends the genetic algorithm to the domain of whole computer programs. In GP, populations of programs are genetically bred to solve problems. Genetic programming can solve problems of system identification, classification, control, robotics, optimisation, game playing, and pattern recognition. Starting with a primordial ooze of hundreds or thousands of randomly created programs composed of functions and terminals appropriate to the problem, the population is progressively evolved over a series of generations by applying the operations of Darwinian fitness proportionate reproduction and crossover (sexual recombination).
  • hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • immunoprecipitation — the separation of an antigen from a solution by the formation of a large complex with its specific antibody.
  • impressionistically — In an impressionistic manner.
  • incomplete abortion — a miscarriage in which some fetal or placental tissue remains in the uterus.
  • incomplete fracture — a fracture extending partly across the bone.
  • incremental plotter — a device that plots graphs on paper from computer-generated instructions
  • joint-stock company — an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.
  • league championship — the competition to become league champions
  • maestro di cappella — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp a private one attached to the palace of a prince in Italy during the baroque period
  • magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.
  • managed competition — a strategy for healthcare delivery whereby costs are reduced by fostering competition between providers of managed-care contracts for large employers.
  • means of production — resources: equipment, workers
  • megabits per second — (unit)   (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps.
  • meningoencephalitic — Relating to meningoencephalitis.
  • meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
  • mercator projection — a conformal projection on which any rhumb line is represented as a straight line, used chiefly in navigation, though the scale varies with latitude and areal size and the shapes of large areas are greatly distorted.
  • metaphosphoric acid — an acid, HPO 3 , derived from phosphorous pentoxide, and containing the smallest amount of water of the phosphoric acids.
  • metropolitan county — (in England) any of the six conurbations established as administrative units in the new local government system in 1974; the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986
  • middle palaeolithic — the period between the Lower and the Upper Palaeolithic, usually taken as equivalent to the Mousterian
  • molar heat capacity — the heat capacity of one mole of a substance.
  • mordvinian republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga basin. Capital: Saransk. Pop: 888 700 (2002). Area: 26 200 sq km (10 110 sq miles)
  • mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
  • multiplexor channel — (MPX) mainframe terminology for a slow peripheral device connection, e.g. for a printer, operator console, or card reader.
  • multiplication sign — Arithmetic. the symbol (⋅), (×), or (∗) between two mathematical expressions, denoting multiplication of the second expression by the first. In certain algebraic notations the sign is suppressed and multiplication is indicated by immediate juxtaposition or contiguity, as in ab.
  • municipal bond fund — a mutual fund that invests in municipal bonds.
  • neuropsychodynamics — The theoretical synthesis of neuroscience and psychodynamics.
  • old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
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