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16-letter words containing a, n, d, e, r

  • casting director — the person in charge of choosing of actors for a production
  • catch red-handed — If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are in the act of doing something wrong.
  • catchwater drain — a channel cut along the edge of high ground to catch surface water from it and divert it away from low-lying ground
  • catherine howard — Catherine, c1520–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII.
  • cedar of lebanon — a cedar, Cedrus libani, of SW Asia with level spreading branches and fragrant wood
  • cedar revolution — the popular protests in 2005 that brought down the Lebanese cabinet and prompted Syria to withdraw its troops from Lebanon
  • central cylinder — stele (def 4).
  • central tendency — the tendency of the values of a random variable to cluster around the mean, median, and mode
  • centrally heated — A centrally heated building or room has central heating.
  • channel islander — a person who comes from one of the Channel Islands
  • charles chandler — Charles Frederick, 1836–1925, U.S. scientist, educator, and public-health expert.
  • chase the dragon — to smoke opium or heroin
  • childcare center — a place or business offering childcare for working parents
  • children's panel — (in Scotland) a group of representatives of relevant agencies, with the power to deal with a child under sixteen who is in criminal or family trouble. Its hearings are private and replace most of the functions of juvenile courts
  • chinese calendar — the former calendar of China, in which the year consisted of 12 lunar months with an intercalary month added seven times every 19 years to reconcile the lunar year of 354 days with the solar year of 365 days, time being reckoned in 60-year cycles with the first cycle dating from 2637 b.c.
  • chlorinated lime — bleaching powder.
  • chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
  • christmas dinner — the main meal on Christmas day, eaten any time in the afternoon or evening
  • circumstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate.
  • city of aberdeen — a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)
  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
  • clermont-ferrand — a city in S central France: capital of Puy-de-Dôme department; industrial centre. Pop: 140 957 (2011)
  • cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
  • cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
  • co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
  • common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
  • common-or-garden — You can use common-or-garden to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way.
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • companion ladder — a ladder that allows sailors to move up and down between the decks of the ship
  • condensed matter — crystalline and amorphous solids and liquids, including liquid crystals, glasses, polymers, and gels
  • confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
  • confederationist — A supporter of confederation.
  • considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
  • consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
  • contraindicative — Serving as a contraindication.
  • cops and robbers — a children's game in which a group of players imitate the behavior of police and of thieves, as in pursuing and capturing.
  • cops-and-robbers — A cops-and-robbers film, television programme, or book is one whose story involves the police trying to catch criminals.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • cordon sanitaire — a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
  • corned beef hash — a dish consisting of corned beef chopped and mixed together with mashed potatoes and various other ingredients, then fried
  • coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
  • corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • couvade syndrome — a psychosomatic condition in which the spouse or partner of a pregnant woman experiences symptoms of childbirth or pregnancy
  • cracked fraction — A cracked fraction is a petroleum fraction (= a portion separated according to a physical property) that has been broken down from a fraction with larger molecules.
  • creme de bananes — a liqueur flavored with bananas.
  • 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
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