18-letter words containing p, r, o, m, u, s
- almoner's cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
- anthropomorphously — In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
- assumption of risk — Assumption of risk is the practice of paying for minor losses yourself, but protecting against catastrophic losses by buying insurance cover.
- ast computers, llc — (company) The private company formed in January 1999 when Mr. Beny Alagem, the former chairman of Packard Bell NEC, Inc., bought the name and intellectual property of AST Research, Inc.. AST Computers, LLC provide hardware, software, and services for small US businesses. Address: Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- automatic exposure — the automatic adjustment of the lens aperture and shutter speed of a camera by a control mechanism
- burkitt's lymphoma — a cancer characterized by tumors containing lymphoid cells, occurring esp. in children, in the jaw, eyes, and internal organs: it is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus
- complexity measure — (algorithm) A quantity describing the complexity of a computation.
- composition rubber — manufactured rubber
- computer scientist — a person with advanced knowledge of computers and how they work
- conceptual realism — the doctrine that universals have real and independent existence.
- costume department — the department in a theatre or television company that is responsible for actors' costumes
- energy consumption — amount of energy used
- extemporaneousness — The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
- from the housetops — publicly and widely
- glomerulonephritis — a kidney disease affecting the capillaries of the glomeruli, characterized by albuminuria, edema, and hypertension.
- gnu superoptimiser — (GSO) A function sequence generator that uses an exhaustive generate-and-test approach to find the shortest instruction sequence for a given function. Written by Torbjorn Granlund <[email protected]> and Tom Wood. You have to tell the superoptimiser which function and which CPU you want to get code for. This is useful for compiler writers. FTP superopt-2.2.tar.Z from a GNU archive site. Generates code for DEC Alpha, SPARC, Intel 80386, 88000, RS/6000, 68000, 29000 and Pyramid (SP, AP and XP).
- grampian mountains — a mountain system of central Scotland, extending from the southwest to the northeast and separating the Highlands from the Lowlands. Highest peak: Ben Nevis, 1344 m (4408 ft)
- human rights group — a group that campaigns for human rights
- hungry programmers — (body) A group of programmers producing free software.
- inner automorphism — an automorphism that maps an element x into an element of the form axa −1 where a −1 is the inverse of a.
- jump through hoops — If someone makes you jump through hoops, they make you do lots of difficult or boring things in order to please them or achieve something.
- magnesium peroxide — a white, tasteless, water-insoluble powder, MgO 2 , used as an antiseptic and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- marsilius of padua — c1280–1343? Italian scholar and political theorist.
- microencapsulation — the process of enclosing chemical substances in microcapsules.
- microwave spectrum — a spectrum of electromagnetic radiations whose wavelengths fall in the microwave range.
- molecular spectrum — the spectrum of light emitted or absorbed by a species of molecule.
- mosquito repellent — a chemical substance, such as a spray or lotion, applied to the body to prevent mosquitoes biting
- mucopolysaccharide — (formerly) glycosaminoglycan.
- multiple ownership — ownership by several people or organizations
- multiple sclerosis — a chronic degenerative, often episodic disease of the central nervous system marked by patchy destruction of the myelin that surrounds and insulates nerve fibers, usually appearing in young adulthood and manifested by one or more mild to severe neural and muscular impairments, as spastic weakness in one or more limbs, local sensory losses, bladder dysfunction, or visual disturbances.
- muscular dystrophy — a hereditary disease characterized by gradual wasting of the muscles with replacement by scar tissue and fat, sometimes also affecting the heart.
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- one's number is up — one is finished; one is ruined or about to die
- outer automorphism — an automorphism that is not an inner automorphism.
- pernicious anaemia — Pernicious anaemia is a very severe blood disease.
- potassium chlorate — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, KClO 3 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of explosives, fireworks, matches, bleaches, and disinfectants.
- potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
- potassium fluoride — a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, toxic powder, KF, used chiefly as an insecticide, a disinfectant, and in etching glass.
- potassium myronate — sinigrin.
- precious moonstone — moonstone (def 1).
- presumption of law — a presumption based upon a policy of law or a general rule and not upon the facts or evidence in an individual case.
- programme of study — the prescribed syllabus that pupils must be taught at each key stage in the National Curriculum
- prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
- 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
- pulmonic airstream — a current of lung air set in motion by the respiratory muscles in the production of speech.
- put the mockers on — stop, thwart
- semiprecious stone — See at semiprecious.
- shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
- simple enumeration — a procedure for arriving at empirical generalizations by haphazard accumulation of positive instances.
- sodium-vapour lamp — a type of electric lamp consisting of a glass tube containing neon and sodium vapour at low pressure through which an electric current is passed to give an orange light. They are used in street lighting
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