16-letter words containing c, o, n, t, r, l
- social gathering — party, get-together
- soil conditioner — any of various organic or inorganic materials added to soil to improve its structure.
- south carolinian — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- south charleston — a city in W West Virginia.
- 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
- steal a march on — to walk with regular and measured tread, as soldiers on parade; advance in step in an organized body.
- stock controller — someone employed to monitor and manage goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available all the time
- stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
- stonecrop family — the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.
- strict inclusion — the relation between two sets that obtains when all the members of the first are members of the second
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
- synchrocyclotron — a type of cyclotron that synchronizes its accelerating voltage with particle velocity in order to compensate for the relativistic mass increase of the particle as it approaches the speed of light.
- telecommunicator — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
- thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
- thermionic valve — vacuum tube.
- thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- tower of silence — a circular stone platform, typically 30 feet (9.1 meter) in height, on which the Parsees of India leave their dead to be devoured by vultures.
- tracheobronchial — of, relating to, or affecting the trachea and bronchi.
- traction control — (in motor racing cars) a method of preventing wheels from spinning when traction is applied by limiting the amount of power supplied to the wheel
- traditionalistic — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
- trail commission — A trail commission is a further commission of between 0.1 and 1 percent that is paid to an advisor provided that the client’s funds remain invested in the product for a specified time.
- trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
- transculturation — acculturation.
- transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
- transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trichloromethane — chloroform (def 1).
- trichotillomania — a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- tricolored heron — an American heron, Hydranassa tricolor, that is dark bluish-gray above and white below with seasonally red neck stripes in the male.
- trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
- tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Compare extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def 1), willy-willy.
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- uncollateralized — lacking or needing no collateral: uncollateralized loans.
- unconfirmability — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- unenforceability — to put or keep in force; compel obedience to: to enforce a rule; Traffic laws will be strictly enforced.
- upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- valence electron — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
- valency electron — an electron in the outer shell of an atom, responsible for forming chemical bonds
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium