16-letter words containing c, e, t, y
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- cytotoxic t cell — a killer T cell
- dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
- dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
- delayed reaction — response after an interval
- delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
- democratic party — (in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- deputy secretary — the Deputy Secretary of State or Defense etc
- dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
- destroyer escort — a lightly armed warship smaller than a destroyer, designed to escort fleets or convoys
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- dictionary flame — [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise. A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality. Compare spelling flame.
- dictionary-maker — a person who compiles a dictionary
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- direct democracy — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
- diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
- doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
- documentary film — factual, informative film
- dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
- drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
- dry-cell battery — a dry battery
- e-carrier system — (communications) A series of digital transmission formats promulgated by the ITU and used outside of North America and Japan. The basic unit of the E-carrier system is the DS0, which has a transmission rate of 64 Kbps, and is commonly used for one voice circuit. The E1 format consists of 32 DS0 channels, for a total capacity of 2.048 Mbps. E2, E3, E4, and E5 circuits carry multiple E1 channels multiplexed, resulting in transmission rates of up to 565.148 Mbps. The E-carrier system is similar to, and compatible with, the T-carrier system used in North America, but has higher capacity since it uses out-of-band signaling in contrast to the in-band signaling or bit-robbing used in the T-system.
- ecclesiastically — of or relating to the church or the clergy; churchly; clerical; not secular.
- elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
- electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
- electrophilicity — (chemistry, uncountable) the condition of being electrophilic.
- electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
- emergency centre — a building used, often temporarily, to coordinate the response to an emergency and to deal with some of the problems that arise during the emergency
- endowment policy — a document containing a record, and the terms and conditions of, an endowment mortgage.
- energy-efficient — A device or building that is energy-efficient uses relatively little energy to provide the power it needs.
- enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
- epigrammatically — In a manner suggesting of an epigram.
- erythrocytometer — an instrument for counting the number or measuring the size of red blood cells in a sample of blood
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- evangelistically — In an evangelistic manner.
- expected utility — the weighted average utility of the possible outcomes of a probabilistic situation; the sum or integral of the product of the probability distribution and the utility function