20-letter words containing c, a, l, d, t

for sb's delectation — If you do something for someone's delectation, you do it to give them enjoyment or pleasure.
frequency modulation — FM.
fulminating compound — a fulminate.
fundamental constant — a physical constant, such as the gravitational constant or speed of light, that plays a fundamental role in physics and chemistry and usually has an accurately known value
fundamental particle — elementary particle.
fundamental research — research carried out to deepen understanding of the fundamental or basic principles of something
fundamental sequence — an infinite sequence, x 1 , x 2 , …, whose terms are points in Ek, in which there exists a point y such that the limit as n goes to infinity of xn = y if and only if for every ε>0, there exists a number N such that i > N and j > N implies | xi − xj |< ε. Also called Cauchy sequence, convergent sequence. Compare complete (def 10b).
genetically modified — biologically altered
grade school teacher — a teacher in a grade school
guillaume de machaut — Guillaume de [French gee-yohm duh] /French giˈyoʊm də/ (Show IPA), Guillaume de Machaut.
hard gelatin capsule — A hard gelatin capsule is a type of capsule that is usually used to contain medicine in the form of dry powder or very small pellets.
heteropolysaccharide — (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide formed from two or more different kinds of monosaccharide.
hexadecimal notation — a number system having a base 16; the symbols for the numbers 0–9 are the same as those used in the decimal system, and the numbers 10–15 are usually represented by the letters A–F. The system is used as a convenient way of representing the internal binary code of a computer
horizontal microcode — (processor) Microcode using horizontal encoding.
hot under the collar — the part of a shirt, coat, dress, blouse, etc., that encompasses the neckline of the garment and is sewn permanently to it, often so as to fold or roll over.
hydraulic fracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
in flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
in the public domain — able to be discussed and examined freely by the general public
incomplete dominance — the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.
incremental recorder — a device for recording data as it is generated, usually on paper tape or magnetic tape, and feeding it into a computer
industrial democracy — control of an organization by the people who work for it, esp by workers holding positions on its board of directors
industrial insurance — industrial life insurance.
industrial sociology — the sociological study of social relationships and social structures in business settings.
international candle — candle (def 3b).
into/in cold storage — If you put an idea or plan into cold storage or in cold storage, you delay it for a while rather than acting on it as you originally intended.
justifiable homicide — murder committed under extenuating circumstances
kill the fatted calf — the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
la canada-flintridge — a town in SW California.
lafayette escadrille — a contingent of American aviators who in 1916 served as volunteers (Escadrille Américaine) in the French air force and in 1918 became the 103rd Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army.
law of contradiction — the law that a proposition cannot be both true and false or that a thing cannot both have and not have a given property.
lead with one's chin — to act so imprudently as to invite disaster
lieutenant commander — a commissioned officer ranking next below a commander and next above a lieutenant.
long island iced tea — a potent cocktail consisting of equal parts of, typically, five different distilled alcoholic liquors, usually vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec, with a small amount of mixer, usually cola
longitude by account — the longitude of the position of a vessel as estimated by dead reckoning.
longitudinal section — the representation of an object as it would appear if cut by the vertical plane passing through the longest axis of the object.
macular degeneration — degeneration of the central portion of the retina, resulting in a loss of sharp vision.
madwoman of chaillot — a satirical comedy (1945) by Jean Giraudoux.
magnetic declination — variation (def 8).
magneto-optical disk — (hardware, storage) (MO) A plastic or glass disk coated with a compound (often TbFeCo) with special optical, magnetic and thermal properties. The disk is read by bouncing a low-intensity laser off the disk. Originally the laser was infrared, but frequencies up to blue may be possible giving higher storage density. The polarisation of the reflected light depends on the polarity of the stored magnetic field. To write, a higher intensity laser heats the coating up to its Curie point, allowing its magnetisation to be altered in a way that is retained when it has cooled. Although optical, they appear as hard drives to the operating system and do not require a special filesystem (they can be formatted as FAT, HPFS, NTFS, etc.). The initial 5.25" MO drives, introduced at the end of the 1980s, were the size of a full-height 5.25" hard drive (like in IBM PC XT) and the disks looked like a CD-ROM enclosed in an old-style cartridge In 2006, a 3.5" drive has the size of 1.44 megabyte diskette drive with disks about the size of a regular 1.44MB floppy disc but twice the thickness.
mail-order catalogue — a catalogue of goods you can buy from a particular company by mail order
margaret of scotland — Saint. 1045–93, queen consort of Malcolm III of Scotland. Her piety and benefactions to the church led to her canonization (1250). Feast days: June 10, Nov 16
mechanical advantage — the ratio of output force to the input force applied to a mechanism.
media access control — (networking) (MAC) The lower sublayer of the OSI data link layer. The interface between a node's Logical Link Control and the network's physical layer. The MAC differs for various physical media. See also MAC Address, Ethernet, IEEE 802.3, token ring.
medical practitioner — doctor
medical underwriting — Medical underwriting is the use of medical or health status information in the evaluation of an applicant for life or health insurance.
meta-dichlorobenzene — a colorless liquid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used as a fumigant and insecticide.
middle-distance race — a race of a length between the sprints and the distance events, esp the 800 metres and the 1500 metres
multicast addressing — Ethernet addressing scheme used to send packets to devices of a certain type or for broadcasting to all nodes. The least significant bit of the most significant byte of a multi-cast address is one.
net national product — the gross national product less allowance for depreciation of capital goods. Abbreviation: NNP.
newcastle-under-lyme — a town in W central England, in Staffordshire. Pop: 74 427 (2001)

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