16-letter words containing a, c, n, o, d, e
- greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
- grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- haemodynamically — from a hemodynamic point of view
- hair conditioner — a substance used, often after shampooing, to detangle and improve the condition of the hair. Like shampoo, it is applied to wet hair and then rinsed out after applying.
- hard-packed snow — snow which becomes very firmly packed as it becomes refrozen due to cold weather conditions rather than melting
- health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
- heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
- hexanedioic acid — adipic acid.
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- hold one's peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- huffman encoding — Huffman coding
- 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.
- icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- incontinence pad — an absorbent pad used by incontinent people
- 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
- infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
- it's no accident — You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance.
- j. random hacker — (jargon) /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
- labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
- 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.
- like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
- 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
- machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
- 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.
- mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
- modern icelandic — the Icelandic language since c1550.
- mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
- monkey-faced owl — barn owl.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
- nevado de colima — a volcano in SW Mexico, in Jalisco state. Height: 4339 m (14 235 ft)
- nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)