19-letter words containing c, h, a, o, t, i
- combination therapy — a therapy that combines two or more drugs, or two or more treatments
- commission merchant — a person who buys or sells goods for others on a commission basis
- computer peripheral — a device that is attached to and controlled by a computer, such as a scanner, printer, or external hard drive
- confession of faith — a formal public avowal of religious beliefs
- congestion charging — the practice of charging motorists for the right to drive on busy roads, esp at busy times
- consolidated school — a public school attended by pupils from several adjoining, esp. rural, districts
- continuation school — a school providing extension courses for people who have left school in the elementary grades to go to work.
- contradistinguished — Simple past tense and past participle of contradistinguish.
- contradistinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradistinguish.
- coronary thrombosis — A coronary thrombosis is the same as a coronary.
- corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
- cost-push inflation — inflation in which prices increase as a result of increased production costs, as labor and parts, even when demand remains the same.
- cuboidal epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of cells of cuboid or polyhedral shape.
- cultivated mushroom — an edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) with a pale cap and stalk: the most common food mushroom
- deaf without speech — (usually of a prelingually deaf person) able to utter sounds but not speak
- deathbed confession — a confession that somebody makes just before he or she dies, usually relating to some long concealed crime or secret
- direct grant school — (in Britain, formerly) a school financed by endowment, fees, and a state grant conditional upon admittance of a percentage of nonpaying pupils nominated by the local education authority
- domain architecture — (systems analysis) A generic, organisational structure or design for software systems in a domain. The domain architecture contains the designs that are intended to satisfy requirements specified in the domain model. A domain architecture can be adapted to create designs for software systems within a domain and also provides a framework for configuring assets within individual software systems.
- draw the color line — to impose or accept the color line
- draw the curtain on — to end
- electrocardiographs — Plural form of electrocardiograph.
- electrocardiography — The measurement of electrical activity in the heart and the recording of such activity as a visual trace (on paper or on an oscilloscope screen), using electrodes placed on the skin of the limbs and chest.
- electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
- electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
- electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
- electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
- electrophoretically — By means of electrophoresis.
- electrophotographic — Of or pertaining to electrophotography.
- electrotherapeutics — (medicine) the use of electricity in therapeutics.
- enabling technology — technology that enables the user to perform a task or to improve his or her overall performance: e.g. the internet
- euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
- exhibitionistically — In an exhibitionistic manner.
- exophthalmic goiter — a disease of unknown cause characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, overproduction of the thyroid hormone, and abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs
- exophthalmic goitre — a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss
- fashion coordinator — a person in a department store or other establishment who coordinates activities centered upon or related to fashion, as fashion themes, shows, displays, and promotion.
- forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
- french north africa — the former French possessions of Algeria, French Morocco, and Tunisia
- from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
- graphic workstation — (graphics, computer) A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
- great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
- harmonic distortion — distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies
- hatfield-mccoy feud — a blood feud between two mountain clans on the West Virginia–Kentucky border, the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky, that grew out of their being on opposite sides during the Civil War and was especially violent during 1880–90.
- have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
- heel-and-toe racing — race walking.
- hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
- heptachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twenty-four isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing seven chlorine atoms.
- hermitian conjugate — adjoint (def 2).
- histopathologically — In a histopathological manner.
- historic episcopate — the derivation of the episcopate of a Church in historic succession from the apostles