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17-letter words containing a, c, r, o, y

  • cast/run your eye — If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly.
  • causality paradox — the hypothetical cause-and-effect of time travel and making changes in the past that would affect current actions.
  • center of gravity — The center of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
  • centre of gravity — The centre of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
  • chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
  • charles henry dow — Charles Henry, 1851–1902, U.S. journalist and publisher: a founder of Dow Jones company.
  • chartered company — a company formed for the purpose of exploration and colonization
  • chartered society — a society that has an official charter
  • chemical property — Chemistry. a property or characteristic of a substance that is observed during a reaction in which the chemical composition or identity of the substance is changed: Combustibility is an important chemical property to consider when choosing building materials.
  • chemoradiotherapy — (medicine) A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some cancers.
  • chicklet keyboard — (spelling)   It's spelled "chiclet keyboard".
  • child pornography — pornography using a child or children as the subject.
  • chlortetracycline — an antibiotic used in treating many bacterial and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. Formula: C22H23ClN2O8
  • choreographically — As if choreographed.
  • chromolithography — the process of making coloured prints by lithography
  • chronographically — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
  • circular velocity — the velocity at which a body must move in order to maintain an orbit at the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere.
  • circumlocutionary — a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
  • city of gibraltar — a city on the Rock of Gibraltar, a limestone promontory at the tip of S Spain: settled by Moors in 711 and taken by Spain in 1462; ceded to Britain in 1713; a British crown colony (1830–1969), still politically associated with Britain; a naval and air base of strategic importance. Pop: 29 111 (2013 est). Area: 6.5 sq km (2.5 sq miles)
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • combinatory logic — (logic)   A system for reducing the operational notation of logic, mathematics or a functional language to a sequence of modifications to the input data structure. First introduced in the 1920's by Schoenfinkel. Re-introduced independently by Haskell Curry in the late 1920's (who quickly learned of Schoenfinkel's work after he had the idea). Curry is really responsible for most of the development, at least up until work with Feys in 1958. See combinator.
  • come to the party — to take part or become involved
  • comedy of manners — a comedy dealing with the way of life and foibles of a social group
  • commercial agency — a concern that investigates for the benefit of its subscribers the financial standing, reputation, and credit rating of individuals, firms, corporations, or others.
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • common of turbary — (in England) the legal right to cut peat for fuel on a common
  • company commander — the commander of a company of soldiers
  • company secretary — A company secretary is a person whose job within a company is to keep the legal affairs, accounts, and administration in order.
  • complementary dna — a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones
  • computer literacy — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
  • configurationally — With regard to a configuration.
  • confrontationally — In a confrontational way.
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contracting party — a person, company, etc, entering into a legal contract
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • cooperative party — (in Great Britain) a political party supporting the cooperative movement and linked with the Labour Party: founded in 1917
  • coordinate system — a system of coordinates that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like.
  • copernican system — the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system
  • coral honeysuckle — trumpet honeysuckle.
  • corday (d'armont) — (Marie Anne) Charlotte1768-93; Fr. Girondist sympathizer: assassin of Marat
  • coronary arteries — either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.
  • counterparty risk — the risk that a person who is a party to a contract will default on their obligations under that contract
  • country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
  • court of chancery — (in the US) a court of equity
  • court-of-chancery — chancery (def 4a).
  • courtship display — behaviour that is aimed at attracting a mate
  • cover your tracks — If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of their identity or their actions, because they want to keep them secret.
  • cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • cryptoclimatology — See under microclimatology.
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