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16-letter words containing c, o, d, e, n

  • diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
  • dichlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms.
  • dictionary flame — [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise. A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality. Compare spelling flame.
  • dictionary-maker — a person who compiles a dictionary
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • direct injection — Direct injection is a diesel engine injection system in which the fuel is injected directly into the engine cylinder.
  • direction cosine — the cosine of the angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
  • direction finder — a receiver with a loop antenna rotating on a vertical axis, used to ascertain the direction of incoming radio waves.
  • direction number — the component of a vector along a given line; any number proportional to the direction cosines of a given line.
  • director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
  • director-general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
  • disaccreditation — to take away the accreditation or authorization of: to disaccredit a diplomat.
  • disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
  • disconcertedness — The characteristic of being disconcerted.
  • disconnectedness — The characteristic of being disconnected.
  • disconsolateness — (uncountable) The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
  • discontentedness — The state or quality of being discontented.
  • discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
  • discourteousness — The state or quality of being discourteous.
  • displaced person — a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.
  • displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
  • distance modulus — a measure of the distance, r, of a celestial object too far away to show measurable parallax. It is given by m–M = 5 log(r/10), where m is its apparent magnitude (corrected for interstellar absorption) and M is its absolute magnitude
  • diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • dolce far niente — pleasing inactivity.
  • domain selection — (systems analysis)   The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
  • domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
  • domestic science — home economics.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • dominical letter — any one of the letters from A to G used in church calendars to mark the Sundays throughout any particular year, serving primarily to aid in determining the date of Easter.
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • double centering — a method of extending a survey line by taking the average of two foresights, one with the telescope direct and one with it inverted, made each time by transiting the telescope after a backsight.
  • double occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as in a hotel, for two persons sharing the same room: The rate is $35 per person, double occupancy, or $65, single occupancy.
  • double precision — using twice the normal amount of storage, as two words rather than one, to represent a number.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • downy woodpecker — a small, North American woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, having black and white plumage.
  • drag coefficient — a measure of the drag of an object in a moving fluid, esp air
  • driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
  • dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
  • educational park — a group of elementary and high schools, usually clustered in a parklike setting and having certain facilities shared by all grades, that often accommodates students from a large area.
  • embarkation card — an official document that allows travellers to leave a country by boarding a ship or plane
  • encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • endocannabinoids — Plural form of endocannabinoid.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
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