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

  • publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
  • radio-controlled — A radio-controlled device works by receiving radio signals which operate it.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • reprocessed wool — wool cloth respun and rewoven from the raveled fibers of unused cloth, such as the waste or clippings from a garment factory
  • revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • rochelle powders — (not in technical use) Seidlitz powders.
  • rocket-propelled — using rocket power as the chief motive force.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
  • schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
  • sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second childhood — senility; dotage.
  • second world war — World War II.
  • secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
  • self-constituted — constituted as such by oneself or itself
  • self-deprecation — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
  • self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
  • self-preoccupied — preoccupied by one's own concerns
  • self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • self-vindication — the act of vindicating.
  • simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
  • social democracy — a political ideology advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • soil conditioner — any of various organic or inorganic materials added to soil to improve its structure.
  • sole stockholder — the only person who holds shares in a business
  • spectacled cobra — Indian cobra.
  • spotted mackerel — a small mackerel, Scomberomorus queenslandicus, of northern Australian waters
  • stannic chloride — a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl 4 , soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.
  • state-controlled — controlled by the government
  • stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
  • sulfocarbanilide — thiocarbanilide.
  • sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
  • synchronous idle — (character)   (SYN) The mnemonic for ASCII character 22.
  • the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • thermoacidophile — any organism, especially a type of archaebacterium, that thrives in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures.
  • thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • to get cold feet — If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail.
  • tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
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