18-letter words containing u, r, o, m, e

cumulative scoring — a method of scoring in which the score of a partnership is taken as the sum of their scores on all hands played.
cushing's syndrome — a medical condition characterized by obesity, hypertension, excessive hair growth, etc., caused by an overactive adrenal gland or large doses of corticosteroids
customer relations — Customer relations are the relationships that a business has with its customers and the way in which it treats them.
departure platform — a raised area at a railway station from which passengers can board trains prior to their departing
dermot macmurrough — ?1110–71, king of Leinster, who, by enlisting the support of the English to win back his kingdom, was responsible for the English conquest of Ireland
dia de los muertos — Day of the Dead.
diaminofluorescein — (organic compound) A fluorescein into which two amino groups have been substituted.
diamondback turtle — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
diatomaceous earth — an unconsolidated form of diatomite
distributed memory — (architecture) The kind of memory in a parallel processor where each processor has fast access to its own local memory and where to access another processor's memory it must send a message via the inter-processor network. Opposite: shared memory.
dominican republic — a republic in the West Indies, occupying the E part of the island of Hispaniola. 19,129 sq. mi. (49,545 sq. km). Capital: Santo Domingo.
domremy-la-pucelle — a village in Lorraine, NE France, SW of Nancy: birthplace of Joan of Arc.
dramatic monologue — a poetic form in which a single character, addressing a silent auditor at a critical moment, reveals himself or herself and the dramatic situation.
drug on the market — Pharmacology. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
electroluminescent — Having the quality of electroluminescence.
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
energy consumption — amount of energy used
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
extemporaneousness — The degree or property of being extemporaneous.
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.
forget-me-not blue — a shade of blue similar to the shade of the flowers of a forget-me-not
formal equivalence — the relation that holds between two open sentences when their universal closures are materially equivalent
foundation garment — an undergarment, as a girdle or corset, worn by women to support or give shape to the contours of the body.
four-color problem — the problem, solved in 1976, of proving the theorem that any geographic map can be colored using only four colors so that no connected countries with a common boundary are colored the same color.
fourth commandment — “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy”: fourth of the Ten Commandments.
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
fulminating powder — powder that explodes by percussion.
gamblers anonymous — an organization that holds group meetings to help people who are addicted to gambling
gastroduodenostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
give someone curry — to assault (a person) verbally or physically
glomerulonephritis — a kidney disease affecting the capillaries of the glomeruli, characterized by albuminuria, edema, and hypertension.
gnu superoptimiser — (GSO) A function sequence generator that uses an exhaustive generate-and-test approach to find the shortest instruction sequence for a given function. Written by Torbjorn Granlund <[email protected]> and Tom Wood. You have to tell the superoptimiser which function and which CPU you want to get code for. This is useful for compiler writers. FTP superopt-2.2.tar.Z from a GNU archive site. Generates code for DEC Alpha, SPARC, Intel 80386, 88000, RS/6000, 68000, 29000 and Pyramid (SP, AP and XP).
going to jerusalem — musical chairs.
government housing — housing owned and managed by the federal or state government, which is rented out to tenants, esp as a form of affordable housing
greenhouse warming — the increase in the mean temperature of the earth attributed to the greenhouse effect
have money to burn — to have more money than one needs, so that some can be spent foolishly
heimlich manoeuvre — a technique in first aid to dislodge a foreign body in a person's windpipe by applying sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen
honour moderations — (at Oxford University) the first public examination, in which candidates are placed into one of three classes of honours
honourable mention — If something that you do in a competition is given an honourable mention, it receives special praise from the judges although it does not actually win a prize.
hungry programmers — (body) A group of programmers producing free software.
hydroflumethiazide — A diuretic drug.
immunofluorescence — any of various techniques for detecting an antigen or antibody in a sample by coupling its specifically interactive antibody or antigen to a fluorescent compound, mixing with the sample, and observing the reaction under an ultraviolet-light microscope.
in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.
in your mind's eye — If you see something in your mind's eye, you imagine it and have a clear picture of it in your mind.
incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
induction ceremony — a ceremony held to mark a person's formal introduction or entry into an office, position, group, etc
information bureau — an office where you can go to get information

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