16-letter words containing c, h, o, r, e, u
- figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
- forbush decrease — the sudden decrease in the intensity of cosmic rays after an increase in solar activity.
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
- golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
- greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
- growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
- gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
- heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
- hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- heteromultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more different polypeptide chains.
- high court judge — a judge who sits in the High Court
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
- household chores — tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home
- huevos rancheros — a Latin American dish of eggs, usually fried or poached, topped with a spicy tomato sauce and sometimes served on a fried corn tortilla with the addition of vegetables and cheese.
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- hurricane season — annual cyclone period
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
- kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
- la rochefoucauld — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 6th Duc de, 1613–80, French moralist and composer of epigrams and maxims.
- lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
- louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
- luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- luncheon voucher — a voucher worth a specified amount issued to employees and redeemable at a restaurant for food
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
- merchant account — A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows a company to accept credit cards.
- mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
- 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.
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- nonarchitectural — Not architectural.
- out of character — the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
- over the counter — If a medicine can be bought over the counter, you do not need a prescription to buy it.
- over-the-counter — unlisted on or not part of an organized securities exchange: over-the-counter stocks; the over-the-counter market. Abbreviation: OTC.
- overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
- prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.