17-letter words containing mi
- not mince matters — to speak frankly
- nuclear chemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with nuclear reactions
- on someone's mind — occupying someone's thoughts
- one-parent family — A one-parent family is a family that consists of one parent and his or her children living together.
- organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
- organized militia — a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.
- out of commission — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
- out of one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- overdetermination — the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
- oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
- paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
- parts per million — the number of units (of a substance) present in a million units of another substance
- pashmina politics — the adoption of political policies immediately after they have gone out of fashion
- peppermint spirit — a green or colorless alcoholic solution of the volatile oil produced by the peppermint leaf, used as a carminative and flavoring agent.
- pernicious anemia — Pernicious anemia is a very severe blood disease.
- phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
- photoluminescence — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
- phumiphon aduldet — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
- postmillennialism — the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ will follow the millennium.
- potassium bromide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, KBr, having a bitter saline taste: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic papers and plates, in engraving, and in medicine as a sedative.
- premiere danseuse — the leading female dancer in a ballet company.
- prime ministerial — of or relating to the head of a parliamentary government
- primitive baptist — (especially in the Southern U.S.) one belonging to a highly conservative, loosely organized Baptist group, characterized by extreme fundamentalism and by opposition to missionary work, Sunday Schools, and the use of musical instruments in church.
- programming fluid — (jargon) (Or "wirewater") Coffee, unleaded coffee (decaffeinated), Cola, or any caffeinacious stimulant. Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs.
- pronominalization — to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun.
- property mistress — a female member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- proton microscope — a powerful type of microscope that uses a beam of protons, giving high resolution and sharp contrast
- quantum chemistry — the application of quantum mechanics to the study of chemical phenomena.
- radiant emittance — radiant flux emitted per unit area.
- radioluminescence — luminescence induced by nuclear radiation.
- relative humidity — the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh.
- remittance advice — a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to let them know that their invoice has been paid
- ribbon microphone — a microphone that utilizes a metal ribbon suspended in a magnetic field.
- roving commission — authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference
- schmidt telescope — a wide-angle reflecting telescope used primarily for astronomical photography, in which spherical aberration and coma are reduced to a minimum by means of a spherical mirror with a corrector plate near its focus.
- screaming meemies — extreme nervous tension
- screaming-meemies — extreme nervousness; hysteria (usually preceded by the).
- self-administered — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- self-priming pump — A self-priming pump is a pump that will clear its passages of air and start pumping.
- semi-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- semi-experimental — pertaining to, derived from, or founded on experiment: an experimental science.
- semi-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- semi-monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
- semi-permeability — permeable only to certain small molecules: a semipermeable membrane.
- semi-professional — actively engaged in some field or sport for pay but on a part-time basis: semiprofessional baseball players.
- semi-quantitative — partially quantitative.
- semi-skimmed milk — half-fat dairy product
- semidetached mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project development somewhere between organic and embedded. The team members have a mixture of experienced and inexperienced personnel. The software to be developed has some characteristics of both organic and embedded modes. Semidetached software can be as large as 300K DSIs.
- semimicroanalysis — any analytical method in which the weight of the sample is between 10 and 100 milligrams.
- seminal principle — a potential, latent within an imperfect object, for attaining full development.