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15-letter words containing cu

  • intrafascicular — between the xylem and phloem elements of a vascular bundle
  • intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
  • intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
  • lambda calculus — a formalized description of functions and the way in which they combine, developed by Alonzo Church and used in the theory of certain high-level programming languages
  • lambda-calculus — (mathematics)   (Normally written with a Greek letter lambda). A branch of mathematical logic developed by Alonzo Church in the late 1930s and early 1940s, dealing with the application of functions to their arguments. The pure lambda-calculus contains no constants - neither numbers nor mathematical functions such as plus - and is untyped. It consists only of lambda abstractions (functions), variables and applications of one function to another. All entities must therefore be represented as functions. For example, the natural number N can be represented as the function which applies its first argument to its second N times (Church integer N). Church invented lambda-calculus in order to set up a foundational project restricting mathematics to quantities with "effective procedures". Unfortunately, the resulting system admits Russell's paradox in a particularly nasty way; Church couldn't see any way to get rid of it, and gave the project up. Most functional programming languages are equivalent to lambda-calculus extended with constants and types. Lisp uses a variant of lambda notation for defining functions but only its purely functional subset is really equivalent to lambda-calculus. See reduction.
  • leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
  • leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
  • listed security — a security that is quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and appears in its Official List of Securities
  • livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food.
  • locus classicus — classical source: a passage commonly cited to illustrate or explain a subject or word.
  • locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
  • lump uncurrying — Chin's generalisation of uncurrying. A curried function taking several tuples as arguments can be transformed to take a single tuple containing all the components of the original tuples.
  • magna cum laude — with great praise: used in diplomas to grant the next-to-highest of three special honors for grades above the average.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • marcus antonius — Mark (Marcus Antonius) 83?–30 b.c, Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
  • marcus aurelius — Marcus, Marcus Aurelius.
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • masculinization — Medicine/Medical. to produce certain male secondary sex characteristics in (a female).
  • micromicrocurie — a millionth of a microcurie
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
  • miscue analysis — analysis of the errors a pupil makes while reading
  • mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
  • molecular clock — the changes in the amino acid sequences of proteins that take place during evolution and speciation, and from which the dates of branchings of taxonomic groups can be deduced.
  • molecular cloud — a cool dense interstellar region composed of a wide variety of molecules, mainly hydrogen, plus some dust, in which stars are forming
  • molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
  • molecular sieve — a compound with molecule-size pores, as some sodium aluminum silicates, that chemically locks molecules in them: used in purification and separation processes.
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • monomolecularly — In monomolecular terms.
  • mountain rescue — search and rescue conducted on a mountain, for example of someone who has fallen, got lost, etc
  • multiarticulate — Able to bend or hinge at more than one point.
  • multiculturally — In a multicultural manner.
  • musculoskeletal — concerning, involving, or made up of both the muscles and the bones: the musculoskeletal system.
  • no-cut contract — a professional athlete's contract guaranteeing that he or she will remain on the team's roster for a specified time.
  • non-concurrence — refusal or failure to concur.
  • non-consecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
  • non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
  • non-documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
  • non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
  • non-speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
  • nonmatriculated — not matriculated, not enrolled in an institution, esp a college or university
  • nonoccupational — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • occulting light — a beacon having a light covered briefly at regular intervals.
  • octanitrocubane — (organic compound) A high explosive derived from cubane.
  • okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
  • open-cut mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • ostreiculturist — a person who breeds oysters
  • over-articulate — excessively articulate
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