17-letter words containing c, o, n, t, r

creeping eruption — a skin eruption with intense itching, caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
criminal contempt — any seriously disrespectful act committed against the dignity or authority of a court.
critical constant — any of three constants associated with the critical point of a pure element or compound.
cross one's heart — to promise or pledge, esp by making the sign of a cross over one's heart
cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
cross-correlation — the correlation between two sequences of random variables in a time series
cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
cross-lot bracing — bracing extending from one side of an excavation to the opposite to retain the earth on both sides.
cross-pollination — the transfer of pollen from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of another flower by the action of wind, insects, etc
cross-utilization — to make use of in an additional or different way.
crossover network — an electronic network in a loudspeaker system that separates the signal into two or more frequency bands, the lower frequencies being fed to a woofer, the higher frequencies to a tweeter
crown corporation — a corporation owned by the federal or a provincial government
crucifixion thorn — one of several leafless, very thorny shrubs or small trees of the southwestern desert areas of North America.
cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
culture diffusion — the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.
customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
cut a person dead — to ignore a person completely
cutaneous quittor — a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness.
cyclooctatetraene — a colorless, flammable liquid cyclic hydrocarbon, C 8 H 8 , used in organic research.
cytoarchitectonic — Of or pertaining to cytoarchitectonics (cytoarchitecture).
d-shell connector — (hardware) One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
de facto standard — A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, but which nevertheless has a large market share. The archetypal example of a de facto standard is the IBM PC which, despite is many glaring technical deficiencies, has gained such a large share of the personal computer market that it is now popular simply because it is popular and therefore enjoys fierce competition in pricing and software development.
decellularization — (biology, medicine) The loss of cells from tissue.
deconstructionism — The belief in, or application of, deconstruction.
deconstructionist — a philosophical and critical movement, starting in the 1960s and especially applied to the study of literature, that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability of language to represent reality and emphasizes that a text has no stable reference or identification because words essentially only refer to other words and therefore a reader must approach a text by eliminating any metaphysical or ethnocentric assumptions through an active role of defining meaning, sometimes by a reliance on new word construction, etymology, puns, and other word play.
decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
decriminalization — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
deduction theorem — the property of many formal systems that the conditional derived from a valid argument by taking the conjunction of the premises as antecedent and the conclusion as consequent is true
dehistoricization — The process or result of dehistoricizing.
dehydrochlorinate — to remove hydrogen chloride or chlorine and hydrogen from (a substance).
delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
democritus junior — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
denatured alcohol — ethanol rendered unfit for human consumption by the addition of a noxious substance, as in methylated spirits
dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
dictionary attack — an attempt to hack into a computer or network by submitting every word in a dictionary as a possible password
dictionary-making — the work or activity of compiling dictionaries
dietrich von bern — Theodoric of Verona: the name of the eastern Gothic emperor Theodoric as it appears in German legends.
digital recording — a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is sampled at regular intervals, usually between 40,000 and 50,000 times per second, and each sample is assigned a numerical value, usually expressed in binary notation.
direct connection — A re-seller of Internet connections to the PIPEX backbone.
directionlessness — Absence of direction.
disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
distribution cost — a cost incurred by a distributor or in the distribution of something
district attorney — an officer who acts as attorney for the people or government within a specified district.
document examiner — (hypertext, tool) A high-performance hypertext system by Symbolics that provides on-line access to their user documentation.
dollars-and-cents — considered strictly in terms of money: from a dollars-and-cents viewpoint.

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