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16-letter words containing c, o, r, e, d, u

  • jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
  • kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
  • kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
  • la rochefoucauld — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 6th Duc de, 1613–80, French moralist and composer of epigrams and maxims.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • 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.
  • luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • mercury autocode — Autocode for the Ferranti Mercury machine.
  • mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • multidirectional — extending or operating in several directions at the same time; functioning or going in more than one direction: a multidirectional stereo speaker system.
  • musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
  • mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • non-reproducible — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
  • non-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • numbered account — a bank account whose owner is identified by a number for the purpose of preserving anonymity.
  • ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
  • onboard computer — onboard a vehicle, ship, plane, train or spacecraft
  • order in council — (in Britain and various other Commonwealth countries) a decree of the Cabinet, usually made under the authority of a statute: in theory a decree of the sovereign and Privy Council
  • outside director — a director of a company who is not employed by that company but is often employed by a holding or associated company
  • percussion drill — a drill that is operated by percussion
  • perforated ulcer — an ulcer that bursts through the stomach wall and leaks food and gastric juices into the abdominal cavity
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • picture postcard — postcard (def 1).
  • primary producer — any green plant or any of various microorganisms that can convert light energy or chemical energy into organic matter.
  • process industry — business of treating raw materials
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • promiscuous mode — (networking)   Where a node on a network accepts all packets, regardless of their destination address.
  • pseudo-patriotic — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
  • pseudo-realistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • quasi-democratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • reconceptualized — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
  • redundancy money — a sum of money given by an employer to an employee who has been made redundant: usually calculated on the basis of the employee's rate of pay and length of service
  • ribonucleic acid — RNA.
  • round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
  • round the corner — close at hand
  • run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
  • scar tissue code — (humour, programming)   Old code that is commented out but still included in the current release.
  • secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
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