16-letter words containing c, a, s, e

summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
superfecundation — the fertilization of two or more ova discharged at the same ovulation by successive acts of sexual intercourse.
superficialities — being at, on, or near the surface: a superficial wound.
superserviceable — overly disposed to be of service; officious.
superunification — a theory intended to describe the electromagnetic force, the strong force, the weak force, and gravity as a single, unified force.
surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
surface-printing — planography.
surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
suspense account — an account in which items are temporarily entered until their final disposition is determined.
symmetric matrix — a matrix with the lower-left half equal to the mirror image of the upper-right half; a matrix that is its own transpose.
syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
sysdeco mimer ab — (company) Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
systematic error — a persistent error that cannot be attributed to chance.
systemic grammar — a grammar in which description is founded on the relationships among the various units at different ranks of a language, and in which language is viewed as a system of meaning-creating choices
t-carrier system — (communications) A series of wideband digital data transmission formats originally developed by the Bell System and used in North America and Japan. The basic unit of the T-carrier system is the DS0, which has a transmission rate of 64 Kbps, and is commonly used for one voice circuit. Originally the 1.544 megabit per second T1 format carried 24 pulse-code modulated, time-division multiplexed speech signals each encoded in 64 kilobit per second streams, leaving 8 kilobits per second of framing information which facilitates the synchronisation and demultiplexing at the receiver. T2 and T3 circuits channels carry multiple T1 channels multiplexed, resulting in transmission rates of up to 44.736 Mbps. The T-carrier system uses in-band signaling, resulting in lower transmission rates than the E-carrier system. It uses a restored polar signal with 303-type data stations. Asynchronous signals can be transmitted via a standard which encodes each change of level into three bits; two which indicate the time (within the current synchronous frame) at which the transition occurred, and the third which indicates the direction of the transition. Although wasteful of line bandwidth, such use is usually only over small distances. T1 lines are made free of direct current signal components by in effect capacitor coupling the signal at the transmitter and restoring that lost component with a "slicer" at the receiver, leading to the description "restored polar".
take a back seat — a seat at the rear.
take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
take the biscuit — Take the biscuit means the same as take the cake.
tandem computers — (company) A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994).
teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
teachers' centre — (in Britain) a place that provides a central store of educational aids, such as films and display material, and also in-service training, and is available for use to all the teachers within a particular area
technical school — college of further and vocational education
ten commandments — Bible: instructions given to Moses
tenants' charter — (in Britain) a package of legal rights to which tenants of local authorities, new towns, and housing associations are entitled, including security of tenure, and the rights to buy the dwelling cheaply, to take in lodgers, and to sublet
tension headache — a headache caused by muscle tension resulting from stress or overwork
the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
the cotton state — a nickname for Alabama
the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
the great escape — a film (1963) directed by John Sturges, written by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett, based on a book by Paul Brickhill, and starring Steve McQueen. It follows an attempt made by Allied prisoners of war to escape a German prisoner of war camp during World War II
the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
the state sector — the part of the economy that is controlled by the state
the wheel blacks — the international wheelchair rugby football team of New Zealand
the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
theatre-francais — Comédie Française.
thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
thick as thieves — very close friends
thioarsenic acid — any of three hypothetical acids, H3AsS4, HAsS3, and H4As2S7, known only in the forms of their salts
thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
to act one's age — If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
to compare notes — If you compare notes with someone on a particular subject, you talk to them and find out whether their opinion, information, or experience is the same as yours.
to keep a secret — If you say that someone can keep a secret, you mean that they can be trusted not to tell other people a secret that you have told them.
to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.

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