18-letter words containing t, r, o, m

emergent evolution — the doctrine that, in the course of evolution, some entirely new properties, such as life and consciousness, appear at certain critical points, usually because of an unpredictable rearrangement of the already existing entities
emotional literacy — the ability to deal with one's emotions and recognize their causes
employment service — (in the United States) a government department established to collect and supply to the unemployed information about job vacancies and to employers information about availability of prospective workers
endowment mortgage — an arrangement whereby a person takes out a mortgage and pays the capital repayment instalments into a life assurance policy and only the interest to the mortgagee during the term of the policy. The loan is repaid by the policy either when it matures or on the prior death of the policyholder
energy consumption — amount of energy used
enforcement action — action by a body or organization, esp a financial one, to make sure that its rules are being followed
environment agency — an official agency providing information on environmental issues, esp rivers, flooding and pollution
erectile impotence — impotence caused by the inability of the penis to become sufficiently firm to penetrate the vagina
euclid's algorithm — (algorithm) (Or "Euclidean Algorithm") An algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two numbers. It relies on the identity gcd(a, b) = gcd(a-b, b) To find the GCD of two numbers by this algorithm, repeatedly replace the larger by subtracting the smaller from it until the two numbers are equal. E.g. 132, 168 -> 132, 36 -> 96, 36 -> 60, 36 -> 24, 36 -> 24, 12 -> 12, 12 so the GCD of 132 and 168 is 12. This algorithm requires only subtraction and comparison operations but can take a number of steps proportional to the difference between the initial numbers (e.g. gcd(1, 1001) will take 1000 steps).
european community — an economic and political association of European States that came into being in 1967, when the legislative and executive bodies of the European Economic Community merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community: subsumed into the European Union in 1993
examination script — a script with answers written on it by an examination candidate taking a written examination
extemporaneousness — The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
extermination camp — a camp where people are imprisoned and killed
false imprisonment — the unlawful restraint of a person from exercising the right to freedom of movement.
family-tree theory — a theory that describes language change in terms of genetically related languages developing in successive splits from a common parent language, such as Indo-European, as depicted by a family tree diagram.
farm the long acre — to graze cows on the verge of a road
farmer-labor party — a political party in Minnesota, founded in 1920 and merged with the Democratic Party in 1944.
federal government — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
feldenkrais method — a system of gentle movements that promote flexibility, coordination, and self-awareness
fermat's last post — (humour) A post to a bug tracker, mailing list or forum in which the author claims to have found a simple fix or workaround for a bug, but never says what it is and never shows up again to explain it (even after others have been puzzling over the bug for years).
fifth monarchy men — (during the Commonwealth in the 17th century) a militant sect of Puritans who identified the fifth monarchy with the millennial reign of Christ and who believed they should help to inaugurate that reign by force.
fire and brimstone — When people talk about fire and brimstone, they are referring to hell and how they think people are punished there after death.
fire-and-brimstone — threatening punishment in the hereafter: a fire-and-brimstone sermon.
first and foremost — primarily
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.
flat-bottomed rail — a rail having a cross section like an inverted T, with the top extremity enlarged slightly to form the head
flower arrangement — floral display
for the life of me — If you say that you cannot for the life of you understand or remember something, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand or remember it, even if you try hard.
for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
forced development — the processing of underexposed photographic film to increase the image density
foreign investment — investment from foreign countries
forensic chemistry — the application of facts concerning chemistry to questions of civil and criminal law.
forget-me-not blue — a shade of blue similar to the shade of the flowers of a forget-me-not
forward compatible — forward compatibility
foundation garment — an undergarment, as a girdle or corset, worn by women to support or give shape to the contours of the body.
fourth commandment — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”: fourth of the Ten Commandments.
fourth normal form — database normalisation
fragmentation bomb — a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.
from first to last — all the way through
from hand to mouth — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
from stem to stern — If something happens from stem to stern on a boat, it involves the whole of the boat.
from the ground up — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
from the housetops — publicly and widely
from top to bottom — highest point to lowest
fulminating powder — powder that explodes by percussion.
functional program — (language) A program employing the functional programming approach or written in a functional language.
gamma distribution — a continuous two-parameter distribution from which the chi-square and exponential distributions are derived, written Gamma (α. β), where α and β are greater than zero, and defined in terms of the gamma function
gas chromatography — a chromatograph used for the separation of volatile substances.
gastroduodenostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
genetic algorithms — genetic algorithm

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