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16-letter words containing a, r, i, o, s, t

  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • diplomatic corps — the entire body of diplomats accredited to and resident at a court or capital.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • director's chair — a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.
  • disaccreditation — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
  • discriminatorily — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • disequilibration — to put out of equilibrium; unbalance: A period of high inflation could disequilibrate the monetary system.
  • disincorporation — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
  • disproportionate — not proportionate; out of proportion, as in size or number.
  • distributionally — In a distributional manner.
  • distrito federal — Federal District. Abbreviation: D.F.
  • diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
  • divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
  • domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • double solitaire — a game of solitaire for two persons, each player usually having a pack and layout but pooling foundations with the opponent.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
  • drift transistor — a transistor in which the impurity concentration in the base increases from the collector-base junction to the emitter-base junction, producing a resistivity gradient that greatly increases its high-frequency response
  • dry distillation — destructive distillation.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
  • ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
  • elburz mountains — a mountain range in N Iran, parallel to the SW and S shores of the Caspian Sea. Highest peak: Mount Demavend, 5671 m (18 606 ft)
  • electrical storm — thunder, lightning
  • electroacoustics — a branch of acoustics that deals with the conversion of sound into electricity and vice versa, as in a microphone or a speaker
  • electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
  • electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
  • electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • environmentalism — A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
  • environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
  • erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exotic shorthair — a short-haired variety of domestic cat with a stocky body, developed through crossing Persian cats with American shorthairs
  • experimentations — Plural form of experimentation.
  • extension ladder — a ladder that can be made longer by pulling out an extra section
  • extradimensional — (jargon, science fiction) Originating outside the known physical reality of the universe.
  • extrinsic factor — vitamin B12
  • farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • first generation — 1.   (architecture)   first generation computer. 2.   (language)   first generation language.
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