14-letter words containing t, i, m, d
- bioremediation — the use of plants to extract heavy metals from contaminated soils and water
- bitmap display — (hardware) A computer output device where each pixel displayed on the monitor screen corresponds directly to one or more bits in the computer's video memory. Such a display can be updated extremely rapidly since changing a pixel involves only a single processor write to memory compared with a terminal or VDU connected via a serial line where the speed of the serial line limits the speed at which the display can be changed. Most modern personal computers and workstations have bitmap displays, allowing the efficient use of graphical user interfaces, interactive graphics and a choice of on-screen fonts. Some more expensive systems still delegate graphics operations to dedicated hardware such as graphics accelerators. The bitmap display might be traced back to the earliest days of computing when the Manchester University Mark I(?) computer, developed by F.C. Williams and T. Kilburn shortly after the Second World War. This used a storage tube as its working memory. Phosphor dots were used to store single bits of data which could be read by the user and interpreted as binary numbers.
- bladder ketmia — plant with pale yellow flowers
- bladder ketmie — flower-of-an-hour
- blind stamping — an impression on a book cover without using colour or gold leaf
- bottom-feeding — the activities of a bottom feeder.
- bound moisture — Bound moisture is liquid in a solid, which exerts a vapor pressure that is less than the pure liquid would do at the same temperature.
- cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
- certified mail — If you send a letter or package by certified mail, you send it using a mail service which gives you an official record of the fact that it has been mailed and delivered.
- certified milk — milk that is processed according to the sanitation standards in the area in which it is sold
- cevitamic acid — ascorbic acid
- child molester — someone who sexually violates a child, esp someone legally convicted of this
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- christmas card — Christmas cards are cards with greetings, which people send to their friends and family at Christmas.
- circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
- circumvallated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvallate.
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- colt distemper — distemper1 (def 1b).
- combined ratio — The combined ratio of an insurer or a reinsurer is the combination of its loss ratio and expense ratio.
- come down with — If you come down with an illness, you get it.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- commodity loan — a loan made to producers of commodities, whereby the trader buys commodities on credit and returns the loan after the commodities are sold
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- compassionated — Simple past tense and past participle of compassionate.
- computer-aided — done or improved by computer
- conductometric — relating to the measurement of conductivity
- counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
- culture medium — a nutritive substance, such as an agar gel or liquid medium, in which cultures of bacteria, fungi, animal cells, or plant cells are grown
- dandie dinmont — a breed of small terrier with a long coat and drooping ears
- data modelling — data model
- decimal system — the number system in general use, having a base of ten, in which numbers are expressed by combinations of the ten digits 0 to 9
- decimalisation — Conversion to a decimal system.
- decimalization — Alternative spelling of decimalisation.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- decontaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of decontaminate.
- decontaminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decontaminate.
- decontaminator — A device that decontaminates.
- decrementation — The act or process of decrementing.
- defeminization — (in a developing organism) the process in which full development into a female of the species is prevented because of a male developmental characteristic
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- dehumanization — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- delegitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- delegitimatize — delegitimize.
- delegitimizing — Present participle of delegitimize.