12-letter words that end in de
- genetic code — the biochemical instructions that translate the genetic information present as a linear sequence of nucleotide triplets in messenger RNA into the correct linear sequence of amino acids for the synthesis of a particular peptide chain or protein. Compare codon, translation (def 9).
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- golden horde — the army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hitch a ride — hitchhike
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
- import trade — goods, services and products brought into a country and which were bought from another country
- in the shade — in shadow, out of the sun
- industrywide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- inexactitude — the quality or state of being inexact or inaccurate; inexactness.
- initial code — a system used in the U.S. to facilitate the delivery of mail, consisting of a five- or nine-digit code printed directly after the address, the first five digits (initial code) indicating the state and post office or postal zone, the last four (expanded code) the box section or number, portion of a rural route, building, or other specific delivery location.
- isopropoxide — (chemistry) The univalent anion derived from isopropanol by removal of the hydroxy hydrogen atom; and salt containing this anion.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lead dioxide — a brown crystalline compound, PbO 2 , toxic, insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in glacial acetic acid: used as an oxidizing agent, in lead-acid batteries, and in analytical chemistry.
- london pride — a saxifragaceous plant, a hybrid between Saxifraga spathularis and S. umbrosa, having a basal rosette of leaves and pinkish-white flowers
- machine code — (language) The representation of a computer program that is read and interpreted by the computer hardware (rather than by some other machine code program). A program in machine code consists of a sequence of "instructions" (possibly interspersed with data). An instruction is a binary string, (often written as one or more octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers). Instructions may be all the same size (e.g. one 32-bit word for many modern RISC microprocessors) or of different sizes, in which case the size of the instruction is determined from the first word (e.g. Motorola 68000) or byte (e.g. Inmos transputer). The collection of all possible instructions for a particular computer is known as its "instruction set". Each instruction typically causes the Central Processing Unit to perform some fairly simple operation like loading a value from memory into a register or adding the numbers in two registers. An instruction consists of an op code and zero or more operands. Different processors have different instruction sets - the collection of possible operations they can perform. Execution of machine code may either be hard-wired into the central processing unit or it may be controlled by microcode. The basic execution cycle consists of fetching the next instruction from main memory, decoding it (determining which action the operation code specifies and the location of any arguments) and executing it by opening various gates (e.g. to allow data to flow from main memory into a CPU register) and enabling functional units (e.g. signalling to the ALU to perform an addition). Humans almost never write programs directly in machine code. Instead, they use programming languages. The simplest kind of programming language is assembly language which usually has a one-to-one correspondence with the resulting machine code instructions but allows the use of mnemonics (ASCII strings) for the "op codes" (the part of the instruction which encodes the basic type of operation to perform) and names for locations in the program (branch labels) and for variables and constants. Other languages are either translated by a compiler into machine code or executed by an interpreter
- machine-made — made or constructed by machine
- managed code — (operating system) Code that is executed by the .NET common language runtime (CLR). VB.NET code is always managed code but C++ .NET can optionally use unmanaged code. Managed code provides metadata allowing the CLR to manage security (role-based as well as new approaches to code access security). The CLR also handles errors, manages the program stack and finds methods in assembly modules. Managed data is memory that's subject to garbage collection. There are additional restrictions to permit interoperability of different languages, for example, Visual Basic arrays must be zero-based.
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- mexican jade — Mexican onyx artificially colored green.
- molluscicide — A substance that kills molluscs.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- musical ride — a display by riders on horseback of manoeuvres to music, esp by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- network node — (networking) (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host".
- neuropeptide — any of various short-chain peptides, as endorphins, that function as neuromodulators in the nervous system and as hormones in the endocrine system.
- nickel oxide — a green, water-insoluble powder, NiO, used chiefly in the manufacture of nickel salts and in green pigments for ceramic paints.
- nicotinamide — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 6 N 2 O, the amide of nicotinic acid, and a component of the vitamin-B complex, found in meat, liver, fish, whole wheat, and eggs: used in medicine chiefly as an agent for preventing or treating human pellagra or animal black tongue.
- nitric oxide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble gas, NO, formed by the action of dilute nitric acid on copper, and by the direct combination of atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen at the high temperatures of an electric arc: an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric acid.
- nurse's aide — a person who assists professional nurses, as in a hospital, by performing such routine tasks as making beds and serving meals.
- oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
- on sb's side — If you are on someone's side, you are supporting them in an argument or a war.
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.