19-letter words containing t, i, g, h, m
- male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
- malice aforethought — a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder).
- manchester encoding — (communications, protocol) A method of transmitting bits which enables the receiver to easily synchronise with the sender. A simple way of signalling bits might be to transmit a high voltage for some period for a 1-bit and a low voltage for a 0 bit: Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High ___ Low |___ Time: -> . . . . . However, when several identical bits are sent in succession, this provides no information to the receiver about when each bit starts and stops. Manchester encoding splits each bit period into two, and ensures that there is always a transition between the signal levels in the middle of each bit. This allows the receiver to synchronise with the sender. In normal Manchester encoding, a 1-bit is transmitted with a high voltage in the first period, and a low voltage in the second, and vice verse for the 0 bit: Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High Low || |_| || Time: -> . ' . ' . ' . ' . In Differential Manchester encoding, a 1-bit is indicated by making the first half of the signal equal to the last half of the previous bit's signal and a 0-bit is indicated by making the first half of the signal opposite to the last half of the previous bit's signal. That is, a zero bit is indicated by a transition at the beginning of the bit. Like normal Manchester encoding, there is always a transition in the middle of the transmission of the bit. Differential Manchester Encoding Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High __ Low |_| || || Time: -> . ' . ' . ' . ' . With each bit period half as long, twice as much bandwidth is required when using either of the Manchester encoding schemes.
- manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
- meningoencephalitic — Relating to meningoencephalitis.
- meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
- micromesh stockings — stockings made from a material consisting of a fine mesh
- midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
- napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
- paumotu archipelago — Tuamotu Archipelago.
- photographic memory — total recall
- piggy-in-the-middle — Piggy-in-the-middle or pig-in-the-middle is a game in which two children throw a ball to each other and a child standing between them tries to catch it.
- programmer's switch — (hardware) A button on the front of some Apple Macintosh computers which, when pressed, causes a command line prompt to appear. This gives access to the built-in mini-debugger, which has commands to dump memory, return to the application that was broken out, and others. A more sophisticated debugger must be installed in order to inspect breakpoints, etc.
- radiochromatography — chromatography in which radiolabeled substances on the chromatogram are determined quantitatively or qualitatively by measuring their radioactivity.
- rhythmic gymnastics — a form of gymnastics involving movements using hand apparatus such as balls, hoops, and ribbons
- shipping department — a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording, and sending shipments of goods
- smite hip and thigh — to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- the almighty dollar — money regarded figuratively as a god, or source of great power
- the great mentioner — the phenomenon whereby certain people are rumoured to be possible presidential or gubernatorial candidates before the rumour is denied or endorsed
- the high and mighty — people who are considered very important
- the pilgrim fathers — the English Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower to New England, where they founded Plymouth Colony in SE Massachusetts (1620)
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- time sharing option — (operating system) (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
- to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)