19-letter words containing c, o, h, i
- chassis dynamometer — A chassis dynamometer is a piece of test equipment fitted with rollers for the wheels of a vehicle, that is capable of providing drive input and measuring output such as power and torque at the wheels.
- chemical castration — the use of drugs to reduce libido
- chemical processing — Chemical processing is a way of making changes to chemical compounds.
- chemolithoautotroph — (biology) A chemoautotroph or lithoautotroph.
- cherenkov radiation — the electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle moves through a medium at a greater velocity than the velocity of light in that medium
- chief petty officer — the senior naval rank for personnel without commissioned or warrant rank
- chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
- chlorobromide paper — a relatively fast printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver chloride and silver bromide.
- chloroplatinic acid — a red-brown, crystalline, water-soluble solid, H 2 PtCl 6 ⋅6H 2 O, used chiefly in platinizing glass, metals, and ceramic ware.
- chlorosulfonic acid — a colorless or yellowish, highly corrosive, pungent liquid, HClO 3 S, usually produced by treating sulfur trioxide with hydrogen chloride: used in organic synthesis to introduce the sulfonyl chloride group, =SO 2 Cl.
- cholecystolithiasis — The presence of a gallstone specifically in the gall bladder.
- choledocholithiasis — The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
- choledocholithotomy — The removal of the gallstone from the bile duct in a case of choledocholithiasis.
- chrestien de troyes — c1140–c90, French poet.
- christian democracy — the beliefs, principles, practices, or programme of a Christian Democratic party
- christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
- christmas pantomime — pantomime (def 5).
- chromatographically — With regard to, or by by using chromatography.
- chromoblastomycosis — Long-term fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
- chronological order — the arrangement of things following one after another in time: Put these documents in chronological order.
- churchill reservoir — a series of irregularly shaped lakes in W Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada: the source of the Churchill River.
- cinematographically — a motion-picture projector.
- city of seven hills — Rome2
- clinical psychology — the branch of psychology that studies and treats mental illness and mental retardation
- clinicopathological — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
- cobalt violet light — a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of arsenate of cobalt, characterized chiefly by its violet color, permanence, and poisonous properties.
- cobaltous hydroxide — a rose-red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, Co 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly in the preparation of cobalt salts and in the manufacture of paint and varnish driers.
- collective behavior — the spontaneous, unstructured, and temporary behavior of a group of people in response to the same event, situation, etc.
- columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.
- combination therapy — a therapy that combines two or more drugs, or two or more treatments
- come into the world — to be born
- come to think of it — You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious.
- commission merchant — a person who buys or sells goods for others on a commission basis
- comparison shopping — Comparison shopping is comparing similar products from different stores or suppliers. Comparison shopping services are popular on the Internet.
- computer peripheral — a device that is attached to and controlled by a computer, such as a scanner, printer, or external hard drive
- confectioner's shop — a sweet shop
- confession of faith — a formal public avowal of religious beliefs
- congestion charging — the practice of charging motorists for the right to drive on busy roads, esp at busy times
- consolidated school — a public school attended by pupils from several adjoining, esp. rural, districts
- continuation school — a school providing extension courses for people who have left school in the elementary grades to go to work.
- contradistinguished — Simple past tense and past participle of contradistinguish.
- contradistinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradistinguish.
- convergent thinking — analytical, usually deductive, thinking in which ideas are examined for their logical validity or in which a set of rules is followed, e.g. in arithmetic
- coronary thrombosis — A coronary thrombosis is the same as a coronary.
- corporal punishment — Corporal punishment is the punishment of people by hitting them.
- cost-push inflation — inflation in which prices increase as a result of increased production costs, as labor and parts, even when demand remains the same.
- counterpoint-rhythm — Music. the art of combining melodies.
- covered-dish supper — a meal to which guests contribute food, as casseroles.
- credit someone with — to believe that someone has or is responsible for; ascribe to someone
- criminal psychology — study of criminals' minds