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18-letter words containing c, o, r, n, a

  • genetic algorithms — genetic algorithm
  • gensym corporation — (company)   A company that supplies software and services for intelligent operations management. Common applications include quality management, process optimisation, dynamic scheduling, network management, energy and environmental management, and process modelling and simulation. Their products include G2.
  • gentleman-commoner — (formerly) a member of a class of commoners enjoying special privileges at Oxford University.
  • golden bantam corn — a horticultural variety of sweet corn having yellow kernels.
  • gooseneck barnacle — goose barnacle
  • grand canyon state — Arizona (used as a nickname).
  • grand council fire — a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.
  • great expectations — a novel (1861) by Charles Dickens.
  • green-backed heron — a small, American heron, Butorides striatus, having glossy green wings.
  • gregorian calendar — the reformed Julian calendar now in use, according to which the ordinary year consists of 365 days, and a leap year of 366 days occurs in every year whose number is exactly divisible by 4 except centenary years whose numbers are not exactly divisible by 400, as 1700, 1800, and 1900.
  • guidance counselor — advisor in schools
  • gulf of california — an arm of the Pacific Ocean, between Sonora and Lower California
  • gyromagnetic ratio — the ratio of the magnetic moment of a rotating charged particle to its angular momentum.
  • haulage contractor — a person or firm that transports goods by lorry
  • heimlich manoeuvre — a technique in first aid to dislodge a foreign body in a person's windpipe by applying sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen
  • helicopter station — a place where helicopters are kept in readiness for use
  • hexachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of forty-two isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing six chlorine atoms.
  • historical fiction — the genre of literature, film, etc., comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages.
  • historical present — the present tense used in narrating a past event as if happening at the time of narration.
  • honorary secretary — a unpaid person who is one of the managers of an organization
  • hot-water cylinder — a vertical cylindrical tank for storing hot water, esp an insulated one made of copper used in a domestic hot-water system
  • hydrocinnamic acid — a white crystalline compound, C 9 H 10 O 2 , with a floral odor, used in perfumes and flavoring.
  • hydrofluorocarbons — Plural form of hydrofluorocarbon.
  • hyperconcentration — the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
  • hypernationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
  • hypochromic anemia — an anemia characterized by an abnormally low concentration of hemoglobin in the red blood cells, often due to iron deficiency.
  • hysterical reasons — (Or "hysterical raisins") A variant on the stock phrase "for historical reasons", indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for backward compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC video adaptors have to support MDA text mode for hysterical reasons." Compare bug-for-bug compatible.
  • ideas of reference — a schizophrenic symptom in which the patient thinks that things completely disconnected from him are influencing him or conveying messages to him
  • immunopharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the immune system
  • in accordance with — conforming to
  • in comparison with — when compared to
  • in inverted commas — If you say in inverted commas after a word or phrase, you are indicating that it is inaccurate or unacceptable in some way, or that you are quoting someone else.
  • in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.
  • incommensurability — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
  • inconsiderableness — Quality of being inconsiderable.
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • indolebutyric acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 12 H 13 O 2 N, a plant hormone similar to indoleacetic acid and used for the same purposes.
  • induction training — training intended to enable new staff and recruits to do their work
  • inductive relation — A relation R between domains D and E is inductive if for all chains d1 .. dn in D and e1 .. en in E,
  • inferior vena cava — See under vena cava.
  • information centre — help desk, office
  • information office — an office where you can go to get information
  • inspector of taxes — an official of HMRC whose work is to assess individuals' income tax liability
  • instruction manual — how-to, usage guide
  • integrating factor — a factor that upon multiplying a differential equation with the right-hand side equal to zero makes the equation integrable, usually by making the resulting expression an exact differential of some function.
  • intercartilaginous — (anatomy) Within cartilage.
  • intercommunication — to communicate mutually, as people.
  • interior decorator — a person whose profession is the execution of interior design.
  • internal secretion — a secretion, esp a hormone, that is absorbed directly into the blood
  • international code — a code used at sea by the navies of certain nations, using a series of flags representing digits from zero through nine.
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