17-letter words containing lat
- micromanipulation — the technique of performing mechanical operations under high magnification through the use of specialized tools.
- micromanipulators — Plural form of micromanipulator.
- multilateral well — A multilateral well is a well that has more than one branch radiating from the main wellbore.
- osculating circle — circle of curvature.
- pair annihilation — Physics. annihilation (def 3a).
- plateau's problem — the problem in the calculus of variations of finding the surface with the least area bounded by a given closed curve in space.
- platinic chloride — chloroplatinic acid.
- pocket calculator — an electronic calculator small enough to be carried on one's person.
- posttranslational — Genetics, Biochemistry. occurring after the synthesis of a polypeptide chain.
- potassium oxalate — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, K 2 C 2 O 4 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a bleaching agent and in medical tests as an anticoagulant.
- prison population — all the people who are confined in prison
- quasi-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- regulated tenancy — (in Britain) the letting of a dwelling by a nonresident private landlord, usually at a registered fair rent, from which the landlord cannot evict the tenant without a possession order from a court
- relative aperture — the ratio of the diameter of a lens, especially a camera lens, to the focal length; the reciprocal of the f number or focal ratio of the lens.
- relative humidity — the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as a percentage of the maximum amount that the air could hold at the given temperature; the ratio of the actual water vapor pressure to the saturation vapor pressure. Abbreviation: RH, rh.
- relative majority — the excess of votes or seats won by the winner of an election over the runner-up when no candidate or party has more than 50 per cent
- relative pathname — (file system) A path relative to the working directory. Its first character can be anything but the pathname separator.
- relativistic mass — the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases.
- reticulate python — a python, Python reticulatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, sometimes growing to a length of 32 feet (10 meters): usually considered to be the largest snake in the world.
- self-annihilation — self-destruction; suicide.
- self-flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- simulated leather — fake leather that is an imitation of real leather and is usually made from a cheaper material
- sodium salicylate — a white, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 NaO 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol: used in medicine as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory, and as a preservative.
- software platform — a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.
- state legislature — laws of a country
- swash plate motor — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and converts reciprocating motion to rotation
- terminal platform — (in the oil industry) an offshore platform from which oil or gas is pumped ashore through a pipeline
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- tiglath-pileser i — died 1102? b.c, king of Assyria c1115–1102?.
- traffic violation — driving offence
- undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
- ventilation shaft — a shaft in a mine, tunnel, or building used for providing ventilation or fresh air
- voltage regulator — a device that controls or maintains the voltage of an electrical circuit. Abbreviation: VR.
- wave-cut platform — a flat surface at the base of a cliff formed by erosion by waves