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

  • conversion ratio — (in a reactor) the number of fissionable atoms produced by each fissionable atom that is destroyed.
  • conversion table — a diagram which shows equivalent amounts in different measuring systems
  • convertible bond — a bond that can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of the common stock of the issuing company at the holder's option.
  • convertible lens — a lens containing two or more elements that can be used individually or in combination to provide a variety of focal lengths.
  • cooperative bank — a cooperative savings institution, chartered and regulated by a state or the federal government, that receives deposits in exchange for shares of ownership and invests its funds chiefly in loans secured by first mortgages on homes.
  • cooperative farm — a farm that is run in cooperation with others in the purchasing and using of machinery, stock, etc, and in the marketing of produce through its own institutions (farmers' cooperatives)
  • cost-effectively — in a cost-effective way; efficiently
  • counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
  • counterintuitive — (of an idea, proposal, etc) seemingly contrary to common sense
  • countermovements — Plural form of countermovement.
  • counteroffensive — a series of attacks by a defending force against an attacking enemy
  • covariant theory — the principle that physical laws have the same form and interrelations in any system of coordinates in which they are expressed.
  • creative commons — Sometimes, creative commons. a set of various licenses that allow people to share their copyrighted work to be copied, edited, built upon, etc., while retaining the copyright to the original work (often used attributively): We’re happy for other sites to share these photos under Creative Commons; a creative commons license.
  • creative tension — a situation where disagreement or discord ultimately gives rise to better ideas or outcomes
  • crime prevention — official and police policies to prevent crime
  • cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
  • davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
  • deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
  • delta conversion — delta reduction
  • device control 1 — control-Q
  • device control 2 — (character)   (DC2) The mnemonic for ASCII character 18, one of the four Device Control characters.
  • device control 3 — control-S
  • device control 4 — (character)   (DC4) The mnemonic for ASCII character 20, one of the four Device Control characters.
  • devil's advocate — If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.
  • discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
  • diversifications — Plural form of diversification.
  • diverticulectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a diverticulum.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • domestic service — the work of household servants
  • driver education — a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance, safety precautions, and traffic regulations and laws.
  • east coast fever — a disease of cattle, endemic in east and central Africa, caused by a parasite, Theileria parva, that is carried by ticks
  • enantioselective — (chemistry) (of a catalyst) that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers.
  • evacuation route — An evacuation route is a way to get out of a building if there is an emergency, such as a fire.
  • executive lounge — a room in an airport in which people who are travelling first class can wait for their flight in comfort
  • flame cultivator — an implement that kills weeds by scorching them with a directed flow of flaming gas.
  • forced vibration — Forced vibration is a type of vibration in which a force is repeatedly applied to a mechanical system.
  • government stock — stock issued by the UK or another national government
  • hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
  • hypercompetitive — Extremely competitive.
  • inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
  • incontravertable — Misspelling of incontrovertible.
  • incontrovertible — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
  • incontrovertibly — not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
  • inconvertibility — The condition of being inconvertible.
  • interconvertible — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
  • intervocalically — (phonology) Between vowels.
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