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

  • crime passionnel — a crime committed from passion, esp sexual passion
  • crossword puzzle — a puzzle in which the solver deduces words suggested by numbered clues and writes them into corresponding boxes in a grid to form a vertical and horizontal pattern
  • crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
  • customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
  • cyclophosphamide — an alkylating agent used in the treatment of leukaemia and lymphomas
  • decapitalization — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
  • decision problem — (theory)   A problem with a yes/no answer. Determining whether some potential solution to a question is actually a solution or not. E.g. "Is 43669" a prime number?". This is in contrast to a "search problem" which must find a solution from scratch, e.g. "What is the millionth prime number?". See decidability.
  • dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
  • depoliticization — The act or process of depoliticizing.
  • depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • 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.
  • digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
  • 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.
  • dolichocephalism — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • electrical power — electricity
  • electrodeposited — Deposited by electrodeposition.
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
  • electron capture — the transformation of an atomic nucleus in which an electron from the atom is spontaneously absorbed into the nucleus. A proton is changed into a neutron, thereby reducing the atomic number by 1. A neutrino is emitted. The process may be detected by the consequent emission of the characteristic X-rays of the resultant element
  • electrophilicity — (chemistry, uncountable) the condition of being electrophilic.
  • electroreception — The detection by an aquatic animal of electric fields or currents.
  • electroreceptors — Plural form of electroreceptor.
  • electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
  • encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
  • encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
  • encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
  • encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
  • endowment policy — a document containing a record, and the terms and conditions of, an endowment mortgage.
  • epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
  • episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • european council — an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission
  • exceptionalities — Plural form of exceptionality.
  • exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
  • exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
  • explosive device — a device, such as a bomb, that explodes or bursts loudly and with great force
  • extracorporeally — Outside the body.
  • false beechdrops — either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops) of eastern North America.
  • file composition — A typesetting language.
  • file compression — (algorithm)   The compression of data in a file, usually to reduce storage requirements.
  • fluorescent lamp — a tubular electric discharge lamp in which light is produced by the fluorescence of phosphors coating the inside of the tube.
  • follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
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