0%

16-letter words containing c, h, e, i, l, o

  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
  • methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • mineral charcoal — a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.
  • mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
  • molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
  • non-hierarchical — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
  • nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
  • off-road vehicle — An off-road vehicle is a vehicle that is designed to travel over rough ground.
  • oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
  • open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
  • palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
  • phenomenological — the study of phenomena.
  • photoelectricity — electricity induced by electromagnetic radiation, as in certain processes, as the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects, photoconductivity, and photoionization.
  • photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
  • phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
  • place of worship — religious house: church, temple
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • poisoned chalice — If you refer to a job or an opportunity as a poisoned chalice, you mean that it seems to be very attractive but you believe it will lead to failure.
  • polyphonic prose — prose characterized by the use of poetic devices, as alliteration, assonance, rhyme, etc., and especially by an emphasis on rhythm not strictly metered.
  • postencephalitic — inflammation of the substance of the brain.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • public ownership — ownership by the state; nationalization
  • recovery vehicle — a truck used to transport motor vehicles which have broken down to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface
  • rhynchocephalian — belonging or pertaining to the Rhynchocephalia, an order of lizardlike reptiles that are extinct except for the tuatara.
  • riau archipelago — a group of islands belonging to Indonesia, off the SE coast of the Malay Peninsula, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. 36,510 sq. mi. (94,561 sq. km).
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • school committee — (in New Zealand) a parent group selected to support a primary school
  • school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
  • school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
  • schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • second childhood — senility; dotage.
  • shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
  • shopping complex — a shopping centre
  • simonyi, charles — Charles Simonyi
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?