0%

15-letter words containing c, h, o, r, i, a

  • automorphically — in an automorphic manner
  • autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
  • autotrophically — through an autotrophic process
  • baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
  • bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
  • bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
  • barbizon school — a group of French painters of landscapes of the 1840s, including Théodore Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz, Corot, and Millet
  • barcelona chair — an armless, padded leather chair on a steel frame shaped like a curved X: Barcelona is a trademark for this chair
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • benzal chloride — a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes.
  • bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
  • boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
  • brachiocephalic — of, relating to, or supplying the arm and head
  • brachistochrone — the curve between two points through which a body moves under the force of gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve; the path of quickest descent
  • branchial pouch — one of a series of rudimentary outcroppings of the inner pharyngeal wall, corresponding to the branchial grooves on the surface.
  • branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
  • breach of faith — a violation of good faith, confidence, or trust; betrayal: To abandon your friends now would be a breach of faith.
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • broca's aphasia — a type of aphasia caused by a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, characterized by misarticulated speech and lack of grammatical morphemes.
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • caernarvonshire — (until 1974) a county of NW Wales, now part of Gwynedd
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • cardinal humour — any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, melancholy or black bile) formerly thought to determine emotional and physical disposition
  • catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
  • cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
  • catheterisation — Alternative spelling of catheterization.
  • catheterization — to introduce a catheter into.
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • charles simonyi — (person)   Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • charm offensive — If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them.
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chaulmoogra oil — a brownish-yellow oil or soft fat expressed from the seeds of a chaulmoogra tree, used formerly in the treatment of leprosy and skin diseases.
  • chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
  • chile con carne — chili con carne
  • chili con carne — Chili con carne is a dish made from meat, with a thick sauce of tomatoes, and powdered or fresh chilies.
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • cholecalciferol — a compound occurring naturally in fish-liver oils, used to treat rickets. Formula: C27H44O
  • cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?