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16-letter words containing a, c, i, v, e

  • chevaux-de-frise — plural of cheval-de-frise.
  • chinese pavilion — crescent (def 6).
  • chinese-pavilion — a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
  • chuvash republic — a constituent republic of W central Russia, in the middle Volga valley: generally low-lying with undulating plains and large areas of forest. Capital: Cheboksary. Pop: 1 313 900 (2002). Area: 18 300 sq km (7064 sq miles)
  • civilian clothes — not military uniform
  • cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
  • cluster variable — RR Lyrae star.
  • coign of vantage — an advantageous position or stance for observation or action
  • collectivisation — Alternative spelling of collectivization.
  • collectivization — to organize (a people, industry, economy, etc.) according to the principles of collectivism.
  • come/bring alive — If a story or description comes alive, it becomes interesting, lively, or realistic. If someone or something brings it alive, they make it seem more interesting, lively, or realistic.
  • companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
  • complex variable — a variable to which complex numbers may be assigned as value.
  • compression wave — a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted.
  • conservation law — any law stating that some quantity or property remains constant during and after an interaction or process, as conservation of charge or conservation of linear momentum.
  • conservationists — Plural form of conservationist.
  • conservative jew — a Jew who adheres for the most part to the principles and practices of traditional Judaism with the reservation that, taking into account contemporary conditions, certain modifications or rejections are permissible.
  • conservativeness — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
  • contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
  • contraindicative — Serving as a contraindication.
  • control variable — Also called control. Statistics. a person, group, event, etc., that is used as a constant and unchanging standard of comparison in scientific experimentation. Compare dependent variable (def 2), independent variable (def 2).
  • controversialism — The attitude or tendency to engage in controversy.
  • controversialist — a person who takes part in controversy or likes to do so
  • controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
  • controversialize — (transitive) To make to appear controversial.
  • conventionalised — to make conventional.
  • conventionalists — Plural form of conventionalist.
  • conventionalized — to make conventional.
  • conventionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conventionalize.
  • conversation pit — a usually sunken portion of a room or living area with chairs, sofas, etc., often grouped around a fireplace, where people can gather to talk.
  • conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
  • conversion ratio — (in a reactor) the number of fissionable atoms produced by each fissionable atom that is destroyed.
  • conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
  • cooperative bank — a cooperative savings institution, chartered and regulated by a state or the federal government, that receives deposits in exchange for shares of ownership and invests its funds chiefly in loans secured by first mortgages on homes.
  • cooperative farm — a farm that is run in cooperation with others in the purchasing and using of machinery, stock, etc, and in the marketing of produce through its own institutions (farmers' cooperatives)
  • covariant theory — the principle that physical laws have the same form and interrelations in any system of coordinates in which they are expressed.
  • creative commons — Sometimes, creative commons. a set of various licenses that allow people to share their copyrighted work to be copied, edited, built upon, etc., while retaining the copyright to the original work (often used attributively): We’re happy for other sites to share these photos under Creative Commons; a creative commons license.
  • creative tension — a situation where disagreement or discord ultimately gives rise to better ideas or outcomes
  • creative writing — Creative writing is writing such as novels, stories, poems, and plays.
  • cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • curriculum vitae — A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
  • currier and ives — any of a 19th-cent. series of prints showing the manners, people, and events of the times
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • delta conversion — delta reduction
  • devil's advocate — If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.
  • devonshire cream — clotted cream.
  • diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
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