13-letter words containing ise
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- major premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- megalopolises — Plural form of megalopolis.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
- minor premise — Logic. an argument the conclusion of which is supported by two premises, of which one (major premise) contains the term (major term) that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other (minor premise) contains the term (minor term) that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term (middle term) that is excluded from the conclusion. A typical form is “All A is C; all B is A; therefore all B is C.”.
- mise en place — (in a restaurant kitchen) the preparation of equipment and food before service begins
- mise en scene — the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- mise-en-scène — the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
- misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
- miserableness — The property of being miserable.
- misery memoir — A misery memoir is a book that someone has written about their own life in which they describe many sad things that happened when they were a child.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- monumentalise — Alt form monumentalize.
- mortise block — a block having a shell cut from a single piece of wood.
- mortise joint — any of various joints between two pieces of timber or the like in which a tenon is housed in or secured to a mortise.
- multisectoral — Involving multiple sectors.
- nicoise olive — a small variety of olive with a rich, nutty flavor.
- niçoise salad — salade niçoise
- noise limiter — an electronic circuit that cuts off all noise peaks that are stronger than some specific maximum for the desired input signal, thus limiting atmospheric and other interference.
- noise masking — the use of noise to cancel out another sound, as with a white noise machine.
- noise shaping — (communications) Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
- noiselessness — accompanied by or making little or no noise; silent; quiet: a noiseless step; a noiseless typewriter.
- noisette rose — a hybrid climbing rose, Rosa noisettiana, bearing clusters of fragrant yellow, white, or pink flowers.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- over-exercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- paradise lost — an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.
- parameterised — to describe (a phenomenon, problem, curve, surface, etc.) by the use of parameters.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- pise-de-terre — a mixture of sand, loam, clay, and other ingredients rammed hard within forms as a building material.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- preantiseptic — (especially of surgery) noting that period of time before the adoption of the principles of antisepsis (about 1867).
- promised land — Heaven.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- ring exercise — any sequence of gymnastic movements carried out by a gymnast holding two rings suspended from the ceiling
- seine-et-oise — a former department in N France.
- self-chastise — to discipline, especially by corporal punishment.
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- serum disease — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- surface noise — extraneous noise caused by physical wear or a physical flaw on a phonograph record or in a pickup system, rather than by a flaw in the equipment.
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.