16-letter words containing c, h, a, r, m
- research quantum — the standard by which the contribution to a university of individual academics is measured and on the basis of which universities receive government funding and academics are promoted
- rhabdomyosarcoma — a malignant tumor made up of striated muscle tissue.
- rich text format — (RTF) An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems.
- richard stallman — (person) Richard M. Stallman. Founder of the GNU project. He resigned from the AI lab at MIT so he would be free to produce free software which he could then distribute on his own terms. He went on to establish the Free Software Foundation to support the production of free software and ensure its free distribution. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- sclerenchymatous — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- spanish moroccan — of or relating to the former Spanish colony of Spanish Morocco (now part of Morocco) or its inhabitants
- spanish-american — noting or pertaining to the parts of America where Spanish is the prevailing language.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- submarine chaser — a small patrol vessel, 100–200 feet (30–60 meters) long, designed for military operations against submarines.
- synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- the fact remains — You say the fact remains that something is the case when you want to emphasize that the situation must be accepted.
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- three-ball match — a match among three players each of whom plays a ball.
- three-card monte — a gambling game in which the players are shown three cards and bet that they can identify one particular card of the three, as stipulated by the dealer, after the cards have been moved around face down by the dealer.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- tobacco hornworm — the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family.
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- umbilical hernia — a hernia of the umbilicus.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- valet de chambre — valet (def 1).
- vitamin-enriched — having had vitamins added
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends