15-letter words containing u, n, m, a, t
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overcommunicate — to communicate excessively
- overstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- pandorae fretum — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- parent compound — a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- platinum blonde — a person, especially a girl or woman, whose hair is of a pale blond or silver color, usually colored artificially by bleaching or dyeing.
- pneumatic drill — a percussive power drill powered by compressed air
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- poststimulation — occurring after stimulation
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- product manager — sb who oversees product development
- program counter — (hardware) (PC) A register in the central processing unit that contains the addresss of the next instruction to be executed. After each instruction is fetched, the PC is automatically incremented to point to the following instruction. It is not normally manipulated like an ordinary register but instead, special instructions are provided to alter the flow of control by writing a new value to the PC, e.g. JUMP, CALL, RTS.
- pseudo-romantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- put a damper on — To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be.
- put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
- quartz movement — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
- quasi-permanent — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- question master — quizmaster.
- quotation marks — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- ram-air turbine — a small air-driven turbine fitted to an aircraft to provide power in the event of a failure of the normal systems
- rational number — a number that can be expressed exactly by a ratio of two integers.
- redocumentation — The creation or revision of a semantically equivalent representation within the same relative abstraction level. The resulting forms of representation are usually considered alternate views intended for a human audience.
- regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
- rime suffisante — full rhyme.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- routeing domain — (networking) (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
- rudimentariness — the state or quality of being rudimentary
- rump parliament — the remnant of the Long Parliament established by the expulsion of the Presbyterian members in 1648, dismissed by force in 1653, and restored briefly in 1659–60.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- sayan mountains — a mountain range in S central Russia, in S Siberia. Highest peak: Munku-Sardyk, 3437 m (11 457 ft)
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
- self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- semi-autonomous — acting independently to some degree
- semi-functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- semi-industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- semitranslucent — imperfectly or almost translucent.