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16-letter words containing n, a, m, e, c, h

  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • dialysis machine — device: kidney treatment
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • dredging machine — dredge1 (def 1).
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
  • enriched uranium — uranium in which the proportion of the fissile isotope U-235 has been increased to make it more fissile
  • escape mechanism — way of avoiding reality
  • examine-in-chief — to examine (one's own witness) in attempting to adduce a case
  • exhibition match — a sports match which is not part of a competition but instead serves the function of demonstrating the skills of the players
  • expectant mother — a pregnant woman
  • feather merchant — a person who avoids responsibility and effort; loafer.
  • firewall machine — (networking, security)   A dedicated gateway server with special security precautions on it, used to service external connections (typically from the public Internet). The firewall machine protects servers and networks hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no critical data, with public network ports on it, but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. The type of network and security environment of a firewall machine is often called a De-Militarised Zone (DMZ). It may contain other servers such as e-mail servers or proxy gateways - machines that need to be publicly accessible but also need some access to internal systems. Also known as a (Venus) flytrap after the insect-eating plant.
  • franking machine — a machine that franks letters
  • french cameroons — Cameroun (def 2).
  • french ice cream — a type of ice cream in which an egg and cream mixture is cooked to a light custard before being frozen.
  • galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
  • german cockroach — a common yellowish-brown cockroach, Blatta germanica, brought into the U.S. from Europe.
  • haemodynamically — from a hemodynamic point of view
  • hamming distance — (data)   The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
  • hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • hemolytic anemia — an anemic condition characterized by the destruction of red blood cells: seen in some drug reactions and in certain infectious and hereditary disorders.
  • high-maintenance — needing frequent maintenance or repair: My bike is high-maintenance; this is its third front wheel this month.
  • high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
  • hispano-american — Spanish.
  • huffman encoding — Huffman coding
  • hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • immunochemically — In an immunochemical way.
  • infernal machine — a concealed or disguised explosive device intended to destroy life or property.
  • insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
  • j. random hacker — (jargon)   /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
  • jacques bonhomme — the contemptuous title given by the nobles to the peasants in the revolt of the Jacquerie in 1358 and adopted by the peasants in subsequent revolts.
  • keratoacanthomas — Plural form of keratoacanthoma.
  • knitting machine — machine that knits yarn into fabric
  • league champions — the team that has come top of the league
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
  • mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
  • machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machine language — machine code
  • machine learning — The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results.
  • machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
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