19-letter words containing p, m
- emergency telephone — a public telephone intended for use in emergencies: for example, at the side of a motorway
- employment tribunal — (in England, Scotland, and Wales) a tribunal that rules on disputes between employers and employees regarding unfair dismissal, redundancy, etc
- empty-nest syndrome — a condition, often involving depression, loneliness, etc, experienced by parents living in a home from which the children have grown up and left
- entitlement program — a government program providing defined sectors of the population with social benefits
- european commission — the executive body of the European Union formed in 1967, which initiates action in the EU and mediates between member governments
- european parliament — law: assembly in Strasbourg
- eusebius (pamphili) — a.d. 264?-340; Gr. ecclesiastical historian
- 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
- experimenter effect — the influence of an experimenter's expectations on his results
- expert systems ltd. — (company) (ESL) Distributors of ESLPDPRO. Adderss: Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4 4GA. Telephone +44 (865) 784474.
- extendible compiler — (language) (ETC) A Fortran-like compiler that can be extended with macros.
- extreme programming — a discipline of software engineering following a specific structure, designed to simplify and speed up the development process
- eye make-up remover — a product used to remove cosmetics such as mascara and eyeliner
- 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.
- family-sized packet — a large packet
- farmers cooperative — an organization of farmers for marketing their products or buying supplies.
- female impersonator — a male performer who dresses as and impersonates women.
- feynman, richard p. — Richard P. Feynman
- first world problem — a fairly minor problem, frustrating situation, or complaint associated with a relatively high standard of living, as opposed to the more serious problems associated with poverty: I’m bored with all my electronic gadgets—such a first world problem!
- fractal compression — (algorithm) A technique for encoding images using fractals.
- freezer compartment — in a refrigerator, an enclosed area kept at a temperature low enough to store frozen foods or freeze non-frozen foods
- from pillar to post — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.
- gedanken experiment — thought experiment.
- 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).
- gentleman-pensioner — (formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.
- germander speedwell — a speedwell, Veronica chamaedrys, having blue flowers.
- go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- go on a/the rampage — If people go on a rampage, they rush around in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
- government monopoly — the exclusive control of the market supply of a product or service by the government
- gross profit margin — A gross profit margin is a measure of the profitability of a company, that is calculated by dividing gross profit by net sales.
- grosse pointe farms — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- hamiltonian problem — (computability) (Or "Hamilton's problem") A problem in graph theory posed by William Hamilton: given a graph, is there a path through the graph which visits each vertex precisely once (a "Hamiltonian path")? Is there a Hamiltonian path which ends up where it started (a "Hamiltonian cycle" or "Hamiltonian tour")? Hamilton's problem is NP-complete. It has numerous applications, sometimes completely unexpected, in computing.
- have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
- hepatoportal system — a vascular arrangement in vertebrates through which blood is transported into the liver from capillaries of the stomach, spleen, duodenum, pancreas, and intestines.
- high-pressure steam — High-pressure steam is steam which is at or above 75 pounds per square inch gauge pressure.
- highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
- hop, skip, and jump — a short distance
- hop, step, and jump — triple jump.
- housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
- hydropneumatization — utilization of air pressure in the housing of a water turbine to keep the level of water that has been used from rising to interfere with the rotor blades.
- hyperbolic geometry — the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that two distinct lines may be drawn parallel to a given line through a point not on the given line.
- hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
- hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
- hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypocholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia.
- hypolipoproteinemia — An abnormally low level of lipoprotein in the blood.
- hypomixolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from D to D, with the final on G.