16-letter words containing om
- rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
- re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- reflexive domain — A domain satisfying a recursive domain equation. E.g. D = D -> D.
- refreshment room — a room in a railway station where food and drink was served
- residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
- reverse commuter — a commuter who lives in a city and commutes to a job in the suburbs.
- rhabdomyosarcoma — a malignant tumor made up of striated muscle tissue.
- romantic fiction — a genre of fiction focused on romantic love
- romeo and juliet — a tragedy (produced between 1591 and 1596) by Shakespeare.
- room methodology — Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling
- room temperature — a comfortable temperature range indoors, usually considered to be 68 to 77°F (20 to 25°C).
- rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
- royal commission — (in Britain) a body set up by the monarch on the recommendation of the prime minister to gather information about the operation of existing laws or to investigate any social, educational, or other matter. The commission has prescribed terms of reference and reports to the government on how any change might be achieved
- sales automation — Sales Force Automation
- sales commission — Sales commission is the percentage of the value of a sale that a sales associate or sales representative may earn.
- school committee — (in New Zealand) a parent group selected to support a primary school
- select committee — a committee, as of a legislative body, that is formed to examine and report on a specific bill or issue.
- selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
- self-complacency — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- semidomesticated — living in a state of partial domestication.
- semiprivate room — a hospital room shared by two people, typically with a curtain dividing the room and providing some privacy
- senate committee — a committee formed from the upper chamber of the legislature in, for example, the US, Canada, Australia, etc
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
- shopping complex — a shopping centre
- situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
- social economics — the study of the interrelation between economics and social behavior.
- soft commodities — nonmetal commodities such as cocoa, sugar, and grains, bought and sold on a futures market
- solar prominence — prominence (def 3).
- somatic mutation — a mutation occurring in a somatic cell, resulting in a change in the morphology or some other aspect of one part of an organism (usually a plant). It may be maintained by vegetative propagation but not by sexual reproduction
- somehow or other — in an undetermined way
- something fierce — desperately, intensely
- soufflé omelette — a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- spectrobolometer — an instrument consisting of a spectroscope and a bolometer, for determining the distribution of radiant energy in a spectrum.
- speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
- stand to someone — to be useful to someone
- start-up company — new business
- steam locomotive — a locomotive moved by steam power generated in its own boiler: still in commercial use in nations that have not yet converted entirely to diesel and electric locomotives.
- stereomicroscope — stereoscopic microscope.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- sun-dried tomato — tomato dried in the sun
- take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
- tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).