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16-letter words containing c, o, t, d, e

  • induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.
  • infant education — (in England and Wales) education provided for children at infant schools
  • infinite product — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are multiplied together.
  • informed consent — a patient's consent to a medical or surgical procedure or to participation in a clinical study after being properly advised of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved.
  • it's no accident — You begin a sentence with 'it's no accident' if you want to suggest that something was done deliberately or has a logical explanation, although it might give the impression of having happened by chance.
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
  • kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
  • 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
  • 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
  • leconte de lisle — Charles Marie [sharl ma-ree] /ʃarl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1818–94, French poet.
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • letter of advice — a notification from a consignor to a consignee giving specific information as to a shipment, the name of the carrier, the date shipped, etc.
  • letter of credit — an order issued by a banker allowing a person named to draw money to a specified amount from correspondents of the issuer.
  • level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
  • liberal democrat — In Britain, a Liberal Democrat is a member of the Liberal Democrat Party.
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • 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.
  • macrolepidoptera — a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance
  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • maritime command — the naval branch of the Canadian armed forces
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • matter of record — a fact or statement that appears on the record of a court and that can be proved or established by producing such record.
  • melodic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
  • mercury autocode — Autocode for the Ferranti Mercury machine.
  • methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • microlepidoptera — a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • 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
  • nevado de toluca — a volcano in central Mexico, in Mexico state near Toluca: crater partly filled by a lake. Height: 4577 m (15 017 ft)
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • no-fault divorce — a divorce granted without anyone being found guilty of marital misconduct
  • non-carbohydrate — any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the supporting tissues of plants and are important food for animals and people.
  • non-coincidental — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • non-concentrated — applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.
  • non-confidential — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
  • non-incorporated — formed or constituted as a legal corporation.
  • 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-reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • non-reproductive — serving to reproduce.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
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