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16-letter words containing c, h, i, m, a, r

  • chromatographies — Plural form of chromatography.
  • chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
  • chromolithograph — a picture produced by chromolithography
  • chronic glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • churidar pyjamas — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
  • clackmannanshire — a council area and historical county of central Scotland; became part of the Central region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority in 1996; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Alloa. Pop: 47 680 (2003 est). Area: 142 sq km (55 sq miles)
  • cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
  • common logarithm — a logarithm to the base ten. Usually written log or log10
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • debating chamber — a room where a legislative assembly holds debates
  • devonshire cream — clotted cream.
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
  • dredging machine — dredge1 (def 1).
  • drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • enriched uranium — uranium in which the proportion of the fissile isotope U-235 has been increased to make it more fissile
  • father christmas — Santa Claus.
  • firewall machine — (networking, security)   A dedicated gateway server with special security precautions on it, used to service external connections (typically from the public Internet). The firewall machine protects servers and networks hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive microprocessor-based Unix machine with no critical data, with public network ports on it, but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, call-back, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns. The type of network and security environment of a firewall machine is often called a De-Militarised Zone (DMZ). It may contain other servers such as e-mail servers or proxy gateways - machines that need to be publicly accessible but also need some access to internal systems. Also known as a (Venus) flytrap after the insect-eating plant.
  • franking machine — a machine that franks letters
  • french ice cream — a type of ice cream in which an egg and cream mixture is cooked to a light custard before being frozen.
  • galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
  • garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
  • geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
  • haemochromatosis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemochromatosis.
  • hamming, richard — Richard Hamming
  • hard rock mining — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
  • hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
  • hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
  • high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
  • himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
  • hispano-american — Spanish.
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
  • hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
  • hydrobromic acid — a colorless or faintly yellow corrosive liquid, HBr, an aqueous solution of hydrogen bromide.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • infernal machine — a concealed or disguised explosive device intended to destroy life or property.
  • insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
  • joachim of fiore — ?1132–1202 ad, Italian mystic and philosopher, best known for teaching that history can be divided into three ages, those of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
  • lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
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