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17-letter words containing c, l, a, d

  • accelerator board — a printed circuit board added to a computer that enhances the CPU with a faster microprocessor.
  • accelerator pedal — a pedal pressed with the foot to make a vehicle go faster
  • accidental damage — damage to a person's home or its contents that occurs unintentionally during the course of everyday life
  • accidental injury — bodily injury that has an accidental cause, rather than being caused by a disease process or a longstanding medical condition
  • according to plan — If something happens according to plan, it happens in exactly the way that it was intended to happen.
  • accrued liability — the amount of liability accumulated at a given time but not yet paid.
  • acetylene welding — a type of welding that uses an acetylene torch
  • acetylformic acid — pyruvic acid.
  • acidity regulator — a substance, such as citric acid, added to food to change or maintain its pH value
  • activated alumina — a granular highly porous and adsorptive form of aluminium oxide, used for drying gases and as an oil-filtering material and catalyst
  • adenylate cyclase — an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of ATP to cyclic AMP.
  • adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
  • advocatus diaboli — devil's advocate
  • alcala de henares — city in central Spain, near Madrid: pop. 159,000
  • algorithmic model — (programming)   A method of estimating software cost using mathematical algorithms based on the parameters which are considered to be the major cost drivers. These estimate of effort or cost are based primarily on the size of the software or Delivered Source Instructions (DSI)s, and other productivity factors known as Cost Driver Attributes. See also Parametric Model.
  • alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
  • almanach de gotha — a publication giving statistical information on European royalty.
  • altitude sickness — a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.
  • aluminum chloride — a yellow-white, crystalline, water-soluble solid that in its white hydrated form, AlCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O, is used chiefly as a wood preservative and in its yellow-white anhydrous form, AlCl 3 , chiefly as a catalyst.
  • american dialects — regional or social varieties of spoken American English identified by differences in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation: principal dialect areas are now generally distinguished as Northern, Midland, and Southern
  • american highland — a region in Antarctica, W of Enderby Land and E of Wilkes Land: discovered 1939.
  • ammonium chloride — a white soluble crystalline solid used chiefly as an electrolyte in dry batteries and as a mordant and soldering flux. Formula: NH4Cl
  • anabolic steroids — a synthetic derivative of testosterone, sometimes used by athletes to help increase weight and strength.
  • arsenic disulfide — an orange-red, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, As 4 S 4 , As 2 S 2 , or AsS, used chiefly in the manufacture of fireworks.
  • articulated joint — Anatomy. a flexible joint.
  • articulated lorry — a lorry made in two separate sections, a tractor and a trailer, connected by a pivoted bar
  • artificial kidney — a mechanical apparatus for performing haemodialysis
  • arunachal pradesh — a state in NE India, formed in 1986 from the former Union Territory. Capital: Itanagar. Pop: 1 091 117 (2001). Area: 83 743 sq km (32 648 sq miles)
  • ashby-de-la-zouch — a town in central England, in Leicestershire: Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned (1569) in the castle. Pop: 11 409 (2001)
  • assembly district — one of a fixed number of districts into which a state is divided, each district electing one member to the lower house of the state legislature.
  • bachelor's degree — A bachelor's degree is a first degree awarded by universities.
  • backward analysis — (theory)   An analysis to determine properties of the inputs of a program from properties or context of the outputs. E.g. if the output of this function is needed then this argument is needed. Compare forward analysis.
  • balanced literacy — a method of teaching reading in which phonics and whole language approaches are both used to maximize student learning.
  • balanced sentence — a sentence consisting of two or more clauses that are parallel in structure.
  • bald-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • be black and blue — If you say that someone is black and blue, you mean that they are badly bruised.
  • beardmore glacier — one of the largest glaciers, in central Antarctica. About 125 miles (200 km) long.
  • bell-shaped curve — bell curve
  • bergisch gladbach — city in W Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 105,000
  • bergisch-gladbach — an industrial city in W Germany, near Cologne.
  • betagalactosidase — any of a family of enzymes capable of liberating galactose from carbohydrates.
  • biological shield — a protective shield impervious to radiation, esp the thick concrete wall surrounding the core of a nuclear reactor
  • black-backed gull — either of two common black-and-white European coastal gulls, Larus fuscus (lesser black-backed gull) and L. marinus (great black-backed gull)
  • black-headed gull — a small gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, that breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and often scavenges in towns
  • black-tailed deer — a variety of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, having a tail that is black above.
  • blackboard jungle — a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency.
  • blackwells island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
  • bland-allison act — an act of Congress (1878) requiring the federal government to purchase at the market price from two to four million dollars' worth of silver monthly for conversion into silver dollars containing 16 times more silver per coin than gold in dollar coins of gold.
  • blessed sacrament — the consecrated elements of the Eucharist
  • blind carbon copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, or a copy of an email or other electronic document, that is sent to someone whose name is not visible to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: bcc.

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