17-letter words containing t, r, u, m, p
- alternate plumage — (of birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the second molt, usually brighter than the basic plumage.
- analogue computer — (computer, hardware) A machine or electronic circuit designed to work on numerical data represented by some physical quantity (e.g. rotation or displacement) or electrical quantity (e.g. voltage or charge) which varies continuously, in contrast to digital signals which are either 0 or 1. For example, the turning of a wheel or changes in voltage can be used as input. Analogue computers are said to operate in real time and are used for research in design where many different shapes and speeds can be tried out quickly. A computer model of a car suspension allows the designer to see the effects of changing size, stiffness and damping.
- antivirus program — antivirus software
- aromatic compound — an organic compound that contains one or more benzene or equivalent heterocyclic rings: many such compounds have an agreeable odor.
- bbc microcomputer — A series of 6502-based personal computers launched by Acorn Computers Ltd. in January 1982, for use in the British Broadcasting Corporation's educational programmes on computing. The computers are noted for their reliability (many are still in active service in 1994) and both hardware and software were designed for easy expansion. The 6502-based computers were succeeded in 1987 by the Acorn Archimedes family.
- bermuda buttercup — a bulbous plant, Oxalis pescaprae, native to southern Africa, having nodding, yellow flowers.
- biopharmaceutical — of or relating to drugs produced using biotechnology
- butternut pumpkin — a variety of pumpkin, eaten as vegetable
- campus university — a university in which the buildings, often including shops and cafés, are all on one site
- chemotherapeutics — chemotherapy.
- christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
- church triumphant — those Christians in heaven who have triumphed over evil and the enemies of Christ.
- circumscriptively — In a circumscriptive manner.
- color temperature — a temperature defined in terms of the temperature of a black body at which it emits light of a specified spectral distribution: used to specify the color of a light source.
- colour supplement — A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends.
- commuter airplane — air taxi.
- complete fracture — a bone fracture in which the bone is split completely across.
- compound fraction — complex fraction
- compound fracture — A compound fracture is a fracture in which the broken bone sticks through the skin.
- compound interest — Compound interest is interest that is calculated both on an original sum of money and on interest which has previously been added to the sum. Compare simple interest.
- compound interval — an interval that is greater than an octave, as a ninth or a thirteenth.
- computer compiler — 1. (language) A proposed language for compiler design. 2. A discussion of various applications of computers to the design and production of computers.
- computer confetti — (jargon) (Or "chad") A common term for punched-card chad, which, however, does not make good confetti, as the pieces are stiff and have sharp corners that could injure the eyes.
- computer graphics — the use of a computer to produce and manipulate pictorial images on a video screen, as in animation techniques or the production of audiovisual aids
- computer language — programming language
- computer literacy — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
- computer literate — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
- computer printout — a document that is printed from a computer file
- computer security — security
- computer terminal — a keyboard and computer monitor connected to a computer
- computer-literate — If someone is computer-literate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- contempt of court — Contempt of court is the criminal offence of disobeying an instruction from a judge or a court of law.
- copious free time — (jargon) (Apple; originally from the introduction to Tom Lehrer's song "It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier") Used ironically to indicate the speaker's lack of the quantity in question; a mythical schedule slot for accomplishing tasks held to be unlikely or impossible. Sometimes used to indicate that the speaker is interested in accomplishing the task, but believes that the opportunity will not arise. "I'll implement the automatic layout stuff in my copious free time." The phrase is also used for time reserved for bogus or otherwise idiotic tasks, such as implementation of bad chrome, or the stroking of suits. "I'll get back to him on that feature in my copious free time."
- counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
- crampon technique — a climbing style that uses crampons
- curie-temperature — the temperature beyond that at which a ferromagnetic substance exhibits paramagnetism.
- diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
- emission spectrum — the continuous spectrum or pattern of bright lines or bands seen when the electromagnetic radiation emitted by a substance is passed into a spectrometer. The spectrum is characteristic of the emitting substance and the type of excitation to which it is subjected
- four-part harmony — harmony in which each chord has four tones, creating, in sum, four melodic lines.
- from soup to nuts — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- immunosuppressant — (pharmacology) Capable of immunosuppression, immunosuppressive.
- immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
- judgment of paris — the decision by Paris to award Aphrodite the golden apple of discord competed for by Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
- jump trace buffer — (JTB) A feature of some pipelined processors (e.g. Amulet, Pentium?) which stores the source and destination addresses of the last few branch instuctions executed. When a branch instruction is fetched, its source is looked for in the JTB. If found, the next instuction fetch will be from the previous destination of that branch. If it turns out that the branch shouldn't have been taken this time, then the pipeline is flushed. This means that in a tight loop it is not necessary to flush the pipeline every time you jump back to the start.
- jus primae noctis — droit du seigneur.
- liquid petrolatum — mineral oil.
- lumpenproletariat — the lowest level of the proletariat comprising unskilled workers, vagrants, and criminals and characterized by a lack of class identification and solidarity.
- manual typewriter — a keyboard machine, operated entirely by hand, for writing mechanically in characters resembling print
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
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