18-letter words containing s, m, a, c

first class module — (programming) A module that is a first class data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functions. In a functional language, it is standard to have first class programs, so program building blocks can have the same status.
fixed-focus camera — a camera with an unadjustable focal length and with a relatively large depth of field.
fu manchu mustache — a mustache whose ends droop to the chin.
gas chromatography — a chromatograph used for the separation of volatile substances.
genetic algorithms — genetic algorithm
gensym corporation — (company) A company that supplies software and services for intelligent operations management. Common applications include quality management, process optimisation, dynamic scheduling, network management, energy and environmental management, and process modelling and simulation. Their products include G2.
geometrical optics — the branch of optics dealing with light as rays, especially in the study of the effects of lenses and mirrors on light beams and of their combination in optical instruments.
german east africa — a former German territory in E Africa, the area now comprised of continental Tanzania and the independent republics of Rwanda and Burundi.
glycosaminoglycans — Plural form of glycosaminoglycan.
gravity escapement — an escapement, used especially in large outdoor clocks, in which the impulse is given to the pendulum by means of a weight falling through a certain distance.
greater manchester — a metropolitan county in central England, with the city of Manchester as its center. 498 sq. mi. (1290 sq. km).
handlebar mustache — A handlebar mustache is a long thick mustache with curled ends.
handyman's special — fixer-upper.
heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume
higher mathematics — the advanced portions of mathematics, customarily considered as embracing all beyond ordinary arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry.
histamine headache — cluster headache.
histocompatibility — the condition of having antigenic similarities such that cells or tissues transplanted from one (the donor) to another (the recipient) are not rejected.
histomorphological — histology.
honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
hypercholesteremia — Alternative spelling of hypercholesteraemia.
immunohistological — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
imploded consonant — a consonant which is pronounced with or by implosion
in company with sb — If you feel, believe, or know something in company with someone else, you both feel, believe, or know it.
in comparison with — when compared to
in inverted commas — If you say in inverted commas after a word or phrase, you are indicating that it is inaccurate or unacceptable in some way, or that you are quoting someone else.
in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.
incidental damages — law: incurred by contract breach
incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
indiscriminateness — The state of being indiscriminate.
indiscriminatingly — In an indiscriminating manner.
initial commission — Initial commission is commission that is paid to someone who sells or recommends a financial product for the first time.
instruction manual — how-to, usage guide
insurance salesman — male: sells insurance
investment account — a bank account in which money is saved long-term to accrue interest
investment casting — a casting process in which an expendable pattern is surrounded by an investment compound and then baked so that the investment is hardened to form a mold and the pattern material may be melted and run off.
investment company — a company that invests its funds in other companies and issues its own securities against these investments.
involuntary muscle — muscle: contracts involuntarily
isoamyl salicylate — a colorless, sometimes slightly yellow, synthetic oil, C 12 H 16 O 3 , having an orchidlike odor: used in perfumery.
isothermal process — a process that takes place without change in temperature.
justice department — the United States federal department for enforcing federal laws
kitchen-sink drama — a type of drama of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality
lambda abstraction — A term in lambda-calculus denoting a function. A lambda abstraction begins with a lower-case lambda (represented as "\" in this document), followed by a variable name (the "bound variable"), a full stop and a lambda expression (the body). The body is taken to extend as far to the right as possible so, for example an expression, \ x . \ y . x+y is read as \ x . (\ y . x+y). A nested abstraction such as this is often abbreviated to: \ x y . x + y The lambda expression (\ v . E) denotes a function which takes an argument and returns the term E with all free occurrences of v replaced by the actual argument. Application is represented by juxtaposition so (\ x . x) 42 represents the identity function applied to the constant 42. A lambda abstraction in Lisp is written as the symbol lambda, a list of zero or more variable names and a list of zero or more terms, e.g. (lambda (x y) (plus x y)) Lambda expressions in Haskell are written as a backslash, "\", one or more patterns (e.g. variable names), "->" and an expression, e.g. \ x -> x.
law of mass action — the statement that the rate of a chemical reaction is proportional to the concentrations of the reacting substances.
light displacement — the weight of a ship with all its permanent equipment, excluding the weight of cargo, persons, ballast, dunnage, and fuel, but usually including the weight of permanent ballast and water used to operate steam machinery.
literary criticism — study and review of literature
local examinations — (in the UK) any of various examinations, such as the GCE, set by university boards and conducted in local centres, schools, etc
logarithmic spiral — log r = aθ
logical positivism — a philosophical movement that stresses the function of philosophy as a method of criticizing and analyzing science and that rejects all transcendental metaphysics, statements of fact being held to be meaningful only if they have verifiable consequences in experience and in statements of logic, mathematics, or philosophy itself, and with such statements of fact deriving their validity from the rules of language.
luminous emittance — luminous flux emitted per unit area.
maclaurin's series — an infinite sum giving the value of a function f(x) in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at zero: f(x) = f(0) + (f′(0)x)/1! + (f″(0)x2)/2! + …

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