17-letter words that end in ment
- absolute judgment — any judgment about a single stimulus, e.g. about the value of one of its properties or about whether it is present or absent
- accessory pigment — any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
- act of parliament — a law that has been passed by both of the UK Houses of Parliament and has received royal assent
- anchor escapement — an escapement in which wedge-shaped pallets engage with an escape wheel having pointed teeth, usually facing in the direction of revolution, so that the escape wheel recoils slightly at every release.
- animal experiment — an experiment involving non-human animals
- antiestablishment — opposed to or working against the existing power structure or mores, as of society or government: Antiestablishment candidates promised to disband the army, Congress, and the cabinet if elected.
- apparent movement — the sensation of seeing movement when nothing actually moves in the environment, as when two neighbouring lights are switched on and off in rapid succession
- blank endorsement — an endorsement on a bill of exchange, cheque, etc, naming no payee and thus making the endorsed sum payable to the bearer
- blessed sacrament — the consecrated elements of the Eucharist
- brocot escapement — a type of anchor escapement.
- brownian movement — random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a fluid, caused by bombardment of the particles by molecules of the fluid. First observed in 1827, it provided strong evidence in support of the kinetic theory of molecules
- capital equipment — the equipment that a business buys
- change management — Change management is a style of management that aims to encourage organizations and individuals to deal effectively with the changes taking place in their work.
- chest measurement — the circumference of the trunk, measured around the middle of the chest
- child development — the biological and psychological developments in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence
- colour supplement — A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends.
- crisis management — People use crisis management to refer to a management style that concentrates on solving the immediate problems occurring in a business rather than looking for long-term solutions.
- cruciate ligament — A cruciate ligament is either of a pair of ligaments that cross at the knee.
- delaney amendment — an amendment to the U. S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act banning the use of carcinogenic food additives, as certain artificial sweeteners and food colorings.
- demand management — the regulation of total spending in an economy to required levels, attempted by a government esp in order to avoid unemployment or inflation: a measure advocated by Keynesian economists
- dominant tenement — land in favor of which an easement or other servitude exists over another's land.
- error of judgment — a wrong or bad decision
- essential element — any chemical element required by an organism for healthy growth. It may be required in large amounts (macronutrient) or in very small amounts (trace element)
- excess employment — excessive numbers of employees for the amount of work available
- export department — the department of a business concerned with the export of the business's goods or services
- fifth commandment — “Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee”: fifth of the Ten Commandments.
- first commandment — “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”: first of the Ten Commandments.
- flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft.
- flight supplement — an additional charge payable on the price of an air ticket
- formative element — a morpheme that serves as an affix, not as a base, or root, in word formation.
- front-end payment — a payment required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- hormone treatment — any of several medical treatments using hormones
- image enhancement — a method of improving the definition of a video picture by a computer program, which reduces the lowest grey values to black and the highest to white: used for pictures from microscopes, surveillance cameras, and scanners
- insertion element — a section of DNA that is capable of becoming inserted into another chromosome
- insulin treatment — treatment of diabetes with insulin
- inward investment — Inward investment is the investment of money in a country by companies from outside that country.
- job advertisement — an announcement in a newspaper, on television, or on a poster about a post of employment
- ladder tournament — a tournament in which the entrants are listed by name and rank, advancement being by means of challenging and defeating an entrant ranked one or two places higher.
- life imprisonment — long-term prison sentence
- linear assignment — assignment problem
- load displacement — the weight, in long tons, of a cargo vessel loaded so that the summer load line touches the surface of the water.
- memory management — (memory management, storage) A collection of techniques for providing sufficient memory to one or more processes in a computer system, especially when the system does not have enough memory to satisfy all processes' requirements simultaneously. Techniques include swapping, paging and virtual memory. Memory management is usually performed mostly by a hardware memory management unit.
- mental impairment — (in England, according to the Mental Health Act 1983) a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind, which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning and is associated with abnormally aggressive or seriously irresponsible conduct
- method of payment — cash, credit card, cheque, etc.
- middle management — the middle echelon of administration in business and industry.
- mission statement — an official document that sets out the goals, purpose, and work of an organization.
- moral re-armament — a worldwide movement initiated by Frank Buchman in 1938 as a successor to the Oxford Group, and maintaining that the practice of high morality in public and private life is the key to world betterment. Abbreviation: MRA.
- national monument — a monument, as a historic site or geographical area, owned and maintained in the public interest by the federal government.
- ninth commandment — “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”: ninth of the Ten Commandments.
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