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16-letter words containing a, c, l, o, s

  • divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
  • dolichocephalism — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • domain selection — (systems analysis)   The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • dysfunctionality — (uncountable) The condition of being dysfunctional.
  • economy of scale — a fall in average costs resulting from an increase in the scale of production
  • electrical storm — thunder, lightning
  • electroacoustics — a branch of acoustics that deals with the conversion of sound into electricity and vice versa, as in a microphone or a speaker
  • electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
  • electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
  • electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
  • enantioselective — (chemistry) (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
  • escalator clause — a clause in a contract stipulating an adjustment in wages, prices, etc, in the event of specified changes in conditions, such as a large rise in the cost of living or price of raw materials
  • eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • exceptionalities — Plural form of exceptionality.
  • exclusion clause — (in a contract) something that serves to limit liabilities
  • exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • extrachromosomal — Happening outside a chromosome.
  • false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
  • falsificationism — (epistemology) A scientific philosophy based on the requirement that hypotheses must be falsifiable in order to be scientific; if a claim is not able to be refuted it is not a scientific claim.
  • family of curves — a collection of curves whose equations differ only by values assigned a parameter or parameters.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • fictionalisation — Alternative spelling of fictionalization.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • fluosilicic acid — an unstable acid, H 2 SiF 6 , known only in its colorless, poisonous, fuming aqueous solution or in the form of its salts: used chiefly as a wood preservative, a disinfectant, and as a hardening agent in the manufacture of ceramic ware, cement, and concrete.
  • follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
  • football special — a train service provided specially to transport football supporters to and from a match
  • for all sb cares — You can use for all I care to emphasize that it does not matter at all to you what someone does.
  • four-course meal — A four-course meal is a meal that consists of four parts served one after the other.
  • francis of paula — Saint, 1416–1507, Italian monk: founder of the order of Minims.
  • francis of sales — Saint, 1567–1622, French ecclesiastic and writer on theology: bishop of Geneva 1602–22.
  • frankfurt school — a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory
  • french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
  • functional shift — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
  • garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
  • gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
  • globular cluster — a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center.
  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
  • golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
  • gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
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