16-letter words containing a, c, y, l, t, e
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
- community leader — a leading figure in a community
- complexity class — (algorithm) A collection of algorithms or computable functions with the same complexity.
- composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny petalless flowers and a ray of petals extending from the flowers at the rim of the disk, some flower heads being composed only of a disk or a ray and some plants having clusters of flower heads, and including the aster, daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, marigold, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, and zinnia.
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- content analysis — analysis to determine the meaning, purpose, or effect of any type of communication, as literature, newspapers, or broadcasts, by studying and evaluating the details, innuendoes, and implications of the content, recurrent themes, etc.
- continental army — the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.
- contingency plan — a plan to be carried out if a more likely or desired outcome does not happen
- control freakery — an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening
- controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
- conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- copolymerization — a process resembling polymerization, in which unlike molecules unite in alternate or random sequences in a chain
- coreferentiality — (of two words or phrases) having reference to the same person or thing.
- corporate lawyer — a lawyer who works for a corporation
- counterfactually — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- cramp sb's style — If someone or something cramps your style, their presence or existence restricts your behavior in some way.
- critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
- croydon facelift — the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face caused by securing the hair at the back of the head in a tight ponytail
- crystal detector — a demodulator, used esp in microwave circuits and in early radio receivers, consisting of a thin metal wire in point contact with a semiconductor crystal
- crystalline lens — a biconvex transparent elastic structure in the eye situated behind the iris, serving to focus images on the retina
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
- delayed reaction — response after an interval
- delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
- dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- dictionary flame — [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise. A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality. Compare spelling flame.
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- dry-cell battery — a dry battery
- ecclesiastically — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
- enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
- epigrammatically — In a manner suggesting of an epigram.
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- evangelistically — In an evangelistic manner.
- extracorporeally — Outside the body.
- fertility factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- galvanic battery — battery (def 1a).
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- healthcare proxy — a legal document in which a person can appoint someone to make decisions about medical treatment in the event that he or she is no longer mentally competent or able to communicate.