22-letter words containing r, a, m, u, s

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.
league of women voters — a nonpartisan organization that works toward improving the political process: created in 1920 to inform women on public issues. Abbreviation: LWV.
lunar excursion module — lunar module. Abbreviation: LEM.
make one's mouth water — a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H 2 O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
manuel estrada cabrera — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1857–1924, Guatemalan politician: president 1898–1920.
manufacturing industry — the industry of manufacturing goods from raw materials
middle-distance runner — someone who runs races of a length between the sprints and the distance events, esp the 800 metres and the 1500 metres
miscarriage of justice — law: wrongful judgement
missing persons bureau — the part of the Police Force dealing with tracing missing people
molecular distillation — a vacuum distillation in which the molecules of the distillate reach the condenser before colliding with one another.
mountain standard time — one of the standard times used in North America, seven hours behind Greenwich Mean Time
multiplicative inverse — reciprocal (def 9).
mutton dressed as lamb — If you describe a woman as mutton dressed as lamb, you are criticizing her for trying to look younger than she really is, in a way that you consider unattractive.
national semiconductor — (company) A semiconductor manufacturer, responsible for the SC/MP, National Semiconductor 16000 and National Semiconductor 32000 series of microprocessors.
nominal semidestructor — (abuse) Slang for "National Semiconductor", found among other places in the 4.3BSD networking sources. During the late 1970s to mid-1980s this company marketed a series of microprocessors including the National Semiconductor 16000 and National Semiconductor 32000. At one point early in the great microprocessor race, the specs on these chips made them look like serious competition for the rising Intel 80x86 and Motorola 680x0 series. Unfortunately, the actual parts were notoriously flaky and never implemented the full instruction set promised in their literature, apparently because the company couldn't get any of the mask steppings to work as designed. They eventually sank without trace, joining the Zilog Z8000 and a few even more obscure also-rans in the graveyard of forgotten microprocessors.
non-maskable interrupt — (NMI) An IRQ 7 on the PDP-11 or 680x0 or the NMI line on an 80x86. In contrast with a priority interrupt (which might be ignored, although that is unlikely), an NMI is *never* ignored.
ocean marine insurance — insurance covering risks involving the transporting of persons or goods on the high seas.
of the first magnitude — of the greatest importance
percussive maintenance — (jargon) The fine art of whacking a device to get it working, possibly using a fine adjuster.
potassium ferricyanide — a bright-red, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 , used chiefly in the manufacture of pigments, as Prussian blue, and of paper, especially blueprint paper.
potassium ferrocyanide — a lemon-yellow, crystalline, water-soluble solid, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in casehardening alloys having an iron base and in dyeing wool and silk.
potassium permanganate — a very dark purple, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KMnO 4 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent, disinfectant, laboratory reagent, and in medicine as an astringent and antiseptic.
potassium-argon dating — a method for estimating the age of a mineral or rock, based on measurement of the rate of decay of radioactive potassium into argon.
programmed instruction — a progressively monitored, step-by-step teaching method, employing small units of information or learning material and frequent testing, whereby the student must complete or pass one stage before moving on to the next.
public domain software — public domain
pulmonary tuberculosis — tuberculosis of the lungs.
quantum chromodynamics — a quantum field theory that describes quarks and gluons and their interactions, with the color of the quarks playing a role analogous to that of electric charge. Abbreviation: QCD. Also called chromodynamics. Compare color (def 18).
read someone a lecture — to scold or reprimand someone
recruitment consultant — A recruitment consultant is a person or service that helps professional people to find work by introducing them to potential employers.
rheumatoid spondylitis — ankylosing spondylitis.
rocky mountain oysters — mountain oyster.
sales force automation — (business) (Sales Automation, SFA, SFFA, Sales & Field Force Automation) Software to support sales reps. The software gives sales representitives access to contacts, appointments and e-mail. It is likely to be integrated with Customer Relationship Management systems and Opportunity Management Systems.
sarcoplasmic reticulum — a system of membrane-bound tubules that surrounds muscle fibrils, releasing calcium ions during contraction and absorbing them during relaxation.
simultaneous broadcast — a programme, etc, broadcast simultaneously on radio and television
social security number — A Social Security number is a nine digit number that is given to U.S. citizens and to people living in the U.S. You need it to get a job, collect Social Security benefits and receive some government services.
solid dose formulation — A solid dose formation is a hard tablet made by compressing medicine in a powder form.
somatic nervous system — the section of the nervous system responsible for sensation and control of the skeletal muscles
st-pierre and miquelon — group of islands in the Atlantic, south of Newfoundland, constituting a political unit of France: includes the islands of St-Pierre (c. 10 sq mi, 26 sq km) & Miquelon & several islets: 93 sq mi (241 sq km); pop. 6,000
statute of westminster — the act of Parliament (1931) that formally recognized the independence of the dominions within the Empire
structured programming — the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
student volunteer army — a students' voluntary organization that aims to undertake useful work in communities, founded in 2010 to help clear up after a damaging earthquake in Christchurch
subliminal advertising — a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
substantive agreements — collective agreements that regulate jobs, pay, and conditions
supplementary question — a question asked in Parliament by an MP during Questions to the Prime Minister
supreme judicial court — (often initial capital letters) the highest court in some states, as Massachusetts and Maine.
system account manager — (cryptography, operating system, security) (SAM) A password database stored as a registry file in Windows NT and Windows 2000. The System Account Manager (SAM) database stores users' passwords in a hashed format. Since a hash function is one-way, this provides some measure of security for the storage of the passwords. In an attempt to enhance the security of the SAM database against offline cracking, Microsoft introduced the SYSKEY utility in Windows NT 4.0.
take someone's measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
time complex simulator — (simulation) (Tcsim) Complex arithmetic version of Tsim. Contact: ZOLA Technologies.
to cast your mind back — If you cast your mind back to a time in the past, you think about what happened then.
transformational rules — rules that specify in purely syntactic terms a method by which theorems may be derived from the axioms of a formal system

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