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19-letter words containing c, e, n, t, r, d

  • collect on delivery — payment in cash when a purchase or shipment is delivered
  • come into the world — to be born
  • command interpreter — (operating system)   A program which reads textual commands from the user or from a file and executes them. Some commands may be executed directly within the interpreter itself (e.g. setting variables or control constructs), others may cause it to load and execute other files. When an IBM PC is booted BIOS loads and runs the MS-DOS command interpreter into memory from file COMMAND.COM found on a floppy disk or hard disk drive. The commands that COMMAND.COM recognizes (e.g. COPY, DIR, PRN) are called internal commands, in contrast to external commands which are executable files.
  • comminuted fracture — a fracture in which the bone is splintered or fragmented
  • common de-nominator — Mathematics. a number that is a multiple of all the denominators of a set of fractions.
  • complete quadrangle — a plane figure consisting of four points connected by six lines
  • computer dictionary — Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  • computer-controlled — controlled by computers, esp without direct human intervention
  • confederate jasmine — star jasmine.
  • confidence interval — an interval of values bounded by confidence limits within which the true value of a population parameter is stated to lie with a specified probability
  • connection-oriented — (networking)   (Or connection-based, stream-oriented). A type of transport layer data communication service that allows a host to send data in a continuous stream to another host. The transport service will guarantee that all data will be delivered to the other end in the same order as sent and without duplication. Communication proceeds through three well-defined phases: connection establishment, data transfer, connection release. The most common example is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), another is ATM. The network nodes at either end needs to inform all intermediate nodes about their service requirements and traffic parameters in order to establish communication. Opposite of connectionless, datagram. See also circuit switching, packet switching, virtual circuit.
  • consultation period — a period during which consultations are held before a policy decision is made
  • contemplative order — a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.
  • contra-guide rudder — a rudder having a horizontal offset of its upper and lower halves to improve the flow characteristics of the propeller race.
  • contradistinctively — In contradistinction.
  • contradistinguished — Simple past tense and past participle of contradistinguish.
  • contradistinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradistinguish.
  • convergent boundary — a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.
  • coordinate geometry — analytic geometry.
  • coordination number — the number of coordinated species surrounding the central atom in a complex or crystal
  • cordillera oriental — the eastern ranges of the Andes, in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.
  • counter-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • counterconditioning — the conditioning of a response that is incompatible with some previously learned response; for example, in psychotherapy an anxious person might be taught relaxation, which is incompatible with anxiety
  • counterdemonstrator — Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time.
  • counterpoise bridge — another name for bascule bridge
  • counterproductively — In a counterproductive way.
  • countervailing duty — an extra import duty imposed by a country on certain imports, esp to prevent dumping or to counteract subsidies in the exporting country
  • country and western — Country and western is the same as country music.
  • country-and-western — country music.
  • court correspondent — (in Britain) a journalist who covers stories about the royal family
  • creative department — the department of a company or organization responsible for the design and creation of advertisements and marketing materials
  • credit someone with — to believe that someone has or is responsible for; ascribe to someone
  • crystallized ginger — sugar-coated ginger
  • current expenditure — expenditure taking place within the financial year in question
  • customs declaration — a form declaring the nature and value of goods, etc, for customs purposes
  • dangling participle — a participle intended to modify a noun but having the wrong grammatical relationship to it as for example having left in the sentence Having left Europe for good, Peter's future seemed bleak indeed
  • data driven machine — (language)   (DDM) A dataflow language.
  • data encryption key — (DEK) Used for the encryption of message text and for the computation of message integrity checks (signatures). See cryptography.
  • data protection act — (legal)   (DPA) A UK law guaranteeing rights to individuals in relation to personal data that others hold on them. For example, under the DPA, you have the right to see what data a company holds on you.
  • de-compartmentalize — to divide into categories or compartments.
  • deacetyltransferase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups, especially from a lysine residue of a histone.
  • declaration of love — a statement made by one person to another in which they say they are in love with the other person
  • declare an interest — to make known one's connection, esp a prejudicial connection, with an affair
  • defence expenditure — the amount that a country spends on military measures or resources
  • deflate compression — deflate
  • dental receptionist — a receptionist working in a dental surgery
  • deoxycorticosterone — a corticosteroid hormone important in maintaining sodium and water balance in the body
  • deoxyribonucleotide — an ester of a deoxyribonucleoside and phosphoric acid; a constituent of DNA.
  • department chairman — the chairman of a university department
  • dereliction of duty — Dereliction of duty is deliberate or accidental failure to do what you should do as part of your job.
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