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16-letter words containing a, c, i, d, r, o

  • horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
  • hydnocarpic acid — an acid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , obtained from chaulmoogra oil, and used in the treatment of leprosy.
  • hydrobromic acid — a colorless or faintly yellow corrosive liquid, HBr, an aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide.
  • hydrocyanic acid — a colorless, highly poisonous liquid, HCN, an aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide.
  • hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
  • hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
  • hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
  • hyperchlorhydria — excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • incorporated bar — (in some states) a system of bar associations to which all lawyers are required to belong.
  • indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
  • indiscrimination — an act or instance of not discriminating.
  • irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
  • laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • manic depression — bipolar disorder.
  • maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
  • micro-microfarad — picofarad. Symbol: μμF.
  • microfilm reader — a machine that displays on a screen a magnified image of a microfilm
  • microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
  • midair collision — a crash, such as a plane crash, that takes place in the air
  • modacrylic fiber — any of various synthetic copolymer textile fibers, as Dynel, containing less than 85 percent but more than 35 percent of acrylonitrile.
  • modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
  • noncontradiction — absence or lack of contradiction.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • of it own accord — If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
  • off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
  • oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
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