17-letter words containing io
- absorption nebula — a cloud of interstellar gas and dust that absorbs and thus obscures the light from stars behind it, appearing as a dark patch in front of a bright nebula or in an otherwise bright area of sky.
- acceptance region — Statistics. the set of values of a test statistic for which the null hypothesis is accepted.
- access permission — permission
- access television — television programmes made by the general public as distinguished from those made by professional broadcasters
- accommodationists — Plural form of accommodationist.
- accounting period — a period of time for which accounts are drawn up
- acquisition costs — Acquisition costs are the total costs of writing or issuing an insurance policy.
- acromioclavicular — (anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
- acrosome reaction — the release of enzymes from the acrosome when a spermatozoon encounters the ovum, allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process
- act of contrition — a short prayer of penitence
- act of toleration — the statute (1689) granting religious freedom to dissenting Protestants upon meeting certain conditions.
- activation energy — the least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction.
- activation record — (compiler) (Or "data frame", "stack frame") A data structure containing the variables belonging to one particular scope (e.g. a procedure body), as well as links to other activation records. Activation records are usually created (on the stack) on entry to a block and destroyed on exit. If a procedure or function may be returned as a result, stored in a variable and used in an outer scope then its activation record must be stored in a heap so that its variables still exist when it is used. Variables in the current scope are accessed via the frame pointer which points to the current activation record. Variables in an outer scope are accessed by following chains of links between activation records. There are two kinds of link - the static link and the dynamic link.
- active suspension — a type of suspension in a car that is controlled by an onboard computer and improves the vehicle's roadholding so that it takes corners, accelerates, and brakes more smoothly
- addition compound — adduct (def 2).
- addition reaction — a reaction in which part of a compound is added to one end of a double or triple bond, while the rest adds to the other end, converting it, respectively, to a single or double bond.
- adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
- aerobic digestion — Aerobic digestion is a process which uses bacteria and oxygen to break down organic and biological waste.
- affiliation order — (formerly) an order made by a magistrates' court that a man adjudged to be the father of an illegitimate child shall contribute a specified periodic sum towards the child's maintenance
- afternoon session — a part of an event taking place in the afternoon
- aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
- age of discretion — the age at which a person is considered to be able to manage his or her own affairs
- anaesthesiologist — anesthesiology.
- anagrammatization — Transformation of a word, etc. into its anagram.
- anesthesiologists — Plural form of anesthesiologist.
- angiocardiography — the making of X-ray pictures of the heart and its blood vessels after injecting a radiopaque substance
- angle of friction — the angle of a plane to the horizontal when a body placed on the plane will just start to slide. The tangent of the angle of friction is the coefficient of static friction
- anionic detergent — any of a class of synthetic compounds whose anions are alkali salts, as soap, or whose ions are ammonium salts.
- annunciation lily — Madonna lily.
- anthroposemiotics — The study of human communication.
- anti-assimilation — Sociology. the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation.
- anti-conventional — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
- anti-inflationary — of or relating to measures to counteract or combat inflation
- anti-isolationism — the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.
- antiglobalization — Opposition to the increase in the global power and influence of businesses, especially multinational corporations.
- antimiscegenation — (US) against mixing or blending; especially, against the mixing or blending of races in marriage or breeding.
- antinationalistic — Opposing nationalism.
- antiproliferation — opposing an increase in nuclear weapons, especially in allowing additional countries to obtain them.
- antirevolutionary — opposed to revolution, esp opposed to a particular revolution and the people who are carrying it out
- aperture priority — an automatic exposure system in which the photographer selects the aperture and the camera then automatically sets the correct shutter speed
- aperture-priority — of or relating to a semiautomatic exposure system in which the photographer presets the aperture and the camera selects the shutter speed.
- application layer — (networking) The top layer of the OSI seven layer model. This layer handles issues like network transparency, resource allocation and problem partitioning. The application layer is concerned with the user's view of the network (e.g. formatting electronic mail messages). The presentation layer provides the application layer with a familiar local representation of data independent of the format used on the network.
- armature reaction — a change in the magnetic field of a dynamo caused by the magnetic field induced by the current flowing through the armature.
- association fiber — any of several nerve fibers connecting different areas of the cerebral cortex in the same hemisphere.
- astral projection — the departure of the astral body from the physical body, in order to travel to the astral plane
- attention-getting — conspicuously drawing attention to something or someone: an attention-getting device; attention-getting behavior.
- attention-seeking — intended to make people take notice
- attraction sphere — centrosphere (sense 1)
- audio description — a facility provided for visually impaired people in which a film, television programme, or play is described through audio technology
- audio-visual aids — training or educational materials directed at both the sense of hearing and the sense of sight; films, recordings, photographs, etc., used in classroom instruction, library collections, or the like.
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