14-letter words that end in me
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- private income — econ: from outside employment
- processor time — (software) The amount of time a process takes to run, given that it has exclusive and uninterrupted use of the CPU. Note that in a modern computer, this would be very unusual, and so the processor time calculation for most processes involves adding up all the small amounts of time the CPU actually spends on the process. Some systems break processor time down into user time and system time. Compare wall clock time.
- psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- residence time — Also called residence. Chemistry. the length of time a substance remains in the adsorbed, suspended, or dissolved state.
- seine-maritime — a department in NW France. 2449 sq. mi. (6340 sq. km). Capital: Rouen.
- sex chromosome — a chromosome, differing in shape or function from other chromosomes, that determines the sex of an individual.
- showplace home — a historic house
- six-eight time — a form of compound duple time in which there are six quaver beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 68
- soldiers' home — an institution that provides care and shelter for retired soldiers.
- spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- turn on a dime — change direction quickly
- ultramicrotome — a microtome capable of producing very fine slices of tissue or cellular specimens for electron microscopic examination.
- universal time — (time, standard) (UT) The mean solar time along the prime meridian (0 longitude) that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, UK, where the current system originated. UT is tied to the rotation of the Earth in respect to the fictitious "mean Sun". There are three separate definitions, UT0, UT1, and UT2, depending on which corrections have been applied to the Earth's motion. Coordinated Universal Time is kept within 0.9 seconds of UT1, by addition of leap seconds to International Atomic Time.
- you're welcome — You say 'You're welcome' to someone who has thanked you for something in order to acknowledge their thanks in a polite way.