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19-letter words containing a, c, h, r, o

  • chemolithoautotroph — (biology) A chemoautotroph or lithoautotroph.
  • cherenkov radiation — the electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle moves through a medium at a greater velocity than the velocity of light in that medium
  • chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
  • chlorobromide paper — a relatively fast printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver chloride and silver bromide.
  • chlorofluorocarbons — Plural form of chlorofluorocarbon.
  • chlorofluoromethane — any of a series of gaseous or volatile methanes substituted with chlorine and fluorine and containing little or no hydrogen: used as refrigerants and, formerly, as aerosol propellants until scientists became concerned about depletion of the atmospheric ozone layer.
  • chloroplatinic acid — a red-brown, crystalline, water-soluble solid, H 2 PtCl 6 ⋅6H 2 O, used chiefly in platinizing glass, metals, and ceramic ware.
  • chlorosulfonic acid — a colorless or yellowish, highly corrosive, pungent liquid, HClO 3 S, usually produced by treating sulfur trioxide with hydrogen chloride: used in organic synthesis to introduce the sulfonyl chloride group, =SO 2 Cl.
  • christian democracy — the beliefs, principles, practices, or programme of a Christian Democratic party
  • christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
  • christmas pantomime — pantomime (def 5).
  • chromatographically — With regard to, or by by using chromatography.
  • chromoblastomycosis — Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
  • chronological order — the arrangement of things following one after another in time: Put these documents in chronological order.
  • cinematographically — a motion-picture projector.
  • cobaltous hydroxide — a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
  • coded character set — (character, standard)   A mapping, generally 1:1, from a set of integers, known as character codes or code positions, to a set of characters that may include letters, digits, punctuation, control codes, mathematical and typographic symbols. There are several standard coded character sets, the most widely used is ASCII, generally in its Latin-1 dialect, with Unicode becoming slowly more common; while EBCDIC and Baudot are extinct except in legacy systems.
  • coherent parallel c — (language)   A data parallel version of C.
  • collective behavior — the spontaneous, unstructured, and temporary behavior of a group of people in response to the same event, situation, etc.
  • columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.
  • combination therapy — a therapy that combines two or more drugs, or two or more treatments
  • come to the surface — to emerge; become apparent
  • commission merchant — a person who buys or sells goods for others on a commission basis
  • common area charges — (in the US) charges paid by tenants for the maintenance of the common areas of a block of flats
  • comparison shopping — Comparison shopping is comparing similar products from different stores or suppliers. Comparison shopping services are popular on the Internet.
  • compulsory purchase — purchase of a house or other property by a local authority or government department for public use or to make way for development, regardless of whether or not the owner wishes to sell
  • computed tomography — computerized axial tomography. Abbreviation: CT.
  • computer peripheral — a device that is attached to and controlled by a computer, such as a scanner, printer, or external hard drive
  • congestion charging — the practice of charging motorists for the right to drive on busy roads, esp at busy times
  • contradistinguished — Simple past tense and past participle of contradistinguish.
  • contradistinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradistinguish.
  • coronary thrombosis — A coronary thrombosis is the same as a coronary.
  • corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
  • craters of the moon — a national monument in S Idaho: site of scenic lava-flow formations.
  • criminal psychology — study of criminals' minds
  • cross-channel ferry — a ferry that transports passengers and vehicles across the English Channel
  • cultivated mushroom — an edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) with a pale cap and stalk: the most common food mushroom
  • dancing-lady orchid — any of numerous epiphytic orchids of the genus Oncidium, often grown as houseplants.
  • dendrochronological — Pertaining to dendrochronology.
  • devil's coach-horse — a large black rove beetle, Ocypus olens, with large jaws and ferocious habits
  • devils-on-horseback — a savoury of prunes wrapped in bacon slices and served on toast
  • direct grant school — (in Britain, formerly) a school financed by endowment, fees, and a state grant conditional upon admittance of a percentage of nonpaying pupils nominated by the local education authority
  • displaced homemaker — a woman recently divorced, separated, or widowed after many years as a homemaker.
  • domain architecture — (systems analysis)   A generic, organisational structure or design for software systems in a domain. The domain architecture contains the designs that are intended to satisfy requirements specified in the domain model. A domain architecture can be adapted to create designs for software systems within a domain and also provides a framework for configuring assets within individual software systems.
  • dominance hierarchy — a system or set of relationships in animal groups that is based on a hierarchical ranking, usually established and maintained by behavior in aggressive encounters: one or a few members hold the highest rank and the others are submissive to those ranking higher and dominant to those ranking lower.
  • double-helical gear — herringbone gear.
  • draw the color line — to impose or accept the color line
  • draw the curtain on — to end
  • dry-bulk cargo ship — a ship that carries an unpackaged dry cargo such as coal or grain; bulk carrier
  • early purple orchid — a Eurasian orchid, Orchis mascula, with purplish-crimson flowers and stems marked with blackish-purple spots
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