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16-letter words containing c, o, n, t, e, s

  • cross-resistance — immunologic resistance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism because of previous exposure to another species or type having cross-reactive antigens.
  • crosscontaminate — Alternative spelling of cross-contaminate.
  • crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
  • crown prosecutor — In Britain, a crown prosecutor is a lawyer who works for the state and who prosecutes people who are accused of crimes.
  • cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • curbstone broker — a broker in the early American stockmarket who did business in the street
  • customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
  • cut down to size — to reduce the prestige or importance of
  • cut of one's jib — one's appearance or way of dressing
  • cut one's losses — to give up spending time, money, or energy on an unprofitable or unsuccessful activity
  • cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
  • cute as a button — very sweet, adorable
  • cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
  • data compression — the act of compressing.
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
  • deboursification — (jargon)   Removal of irrelevant newsgroups from the Newsgroups header of a followup. The term applies particularly to the removal of frivolous groups added by one of the Kooks. See also: sneck.
  • decentralisation — Alternative spelling of decentralization.
  • decision support — Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database.
  • declassification — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
  • deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
  • delta conversion — delta reduction
  • dentist's office — A dentist's office is the room or house where a dentist works.
  • descent function — If a recursive function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function.
  • direction cosine — the cosine of the angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • easter communion — the act of receiving communion in church on Easter Day - considered special because of the primacy of Easter among Christian festivals and because many people regard taking Easter communion as a basic token of membership of their church
  • eicosapentaenoic — Of or pertaining to eicosapentaenoic acid or its derivatives.
  • electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
  • electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • electronic music — music: synthesized
  • electrostriction — the change in dimensions of a dielectric occurring as an elastic strain when an electric field is applied
  • electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
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