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

  • discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
  • 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
  • diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
  • document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • dolichocephalism — (medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.
  • domain selection — (systems analysis)   The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
  • dome of the rock — a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God: built on the site of the Jewish Temple.
  • domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • domestic science — home economics.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • domestic service — the work of household servants
  • domiciliary care — services, such as meals-on-wheels, health visiting, and home help, provided by a welfare agency for people in their own homes
  • 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.
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • duchess of malfi — a tragedy (1614?) by John Webster.
  • dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
  • embarkation card — an official document that allows travellers to leave a country by boarding a ship or plane
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • endowment policy — a document containing a record, and the terms and conditions of, an endowment mortgage.
  • ferdinand marcos — Ferdinand E(dralin) [ed-ruh-lin] /ˈɛd rə lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1917–1989, Philippine political leader: president 1965–86.
  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
  • haemodynamically — from a hemodynamic point of view
  • hemorrhoidectomy — the surgical removal of hemorrhoids.
  • hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
  • huffman encoding — Huffman coding
  • humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • immunodeficiency — impairment of the immune response, predisposing to infection and certain malignancies.
  • incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
  • informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
  • j. random hacker — (jargon)   /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
  • laodicea ad mare — the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est) (Latin name)
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • lithium chloride — a white, water-soluble, deliquescent, crystalline solid, LiCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of mineral water, especially lithia water, and as a flux in metallurgy.
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • machado de assiz — Joaquim Maria [zhaw-ah-kim mah-ree-ah] /ˈʒɔ ɑ kɪm mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1839–1908, Brazilian writer.
  • machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
  • macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
  • magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
  • manic depression — bipolar disorder.
  • maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
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