16-letter words containing a, c, o, r, d, e
- limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
- lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
- luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- 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
- matter of record — a fact or statement that appears on the record of a court and that can be proved or established by producing such record.
- 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.
- mercury autocode — Autocode for the Ferranti Mercury machine.
- 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
- 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.
- mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
- no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
- non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
- non-concentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
- non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
- non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
- 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
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
- onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
- once and for all — former; having at one time been: the once and future king.
- ordnance factory — a factory that makes military weapons and ammunition
- overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
- patched-together — makeshift; roughly made from disparate elements
- perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
- performance bond — contract bond.
- periodic decimal — repeating decimal.
- periodic tenancy — the letting of a dwelling for a repeated short term, as by the week, month, or quarter, with no end date
- picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
- pithecanthropoid — of, relating to, or resembling the former genus Pithecanthropus or one of its members.
- play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- polar coordinate — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
- posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
- prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
- primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.