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16-letter words containing c, y, t, o, i, d

  • hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
  • 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.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • majority verdict — a decision supported by more than half, but not all, the jury
  • melodramatically — In a melodramatic manner.
  • methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nondiscretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
  • oneida community — a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.
  • overdramatically — In an overdramatic manner.
  • periodic tenancy — the letting of a dwelling for a repeated short term, as by the week, month, or quarter, with no end date
  • phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
  • photoperiodicity — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
  • pinot chardonnay — Chardonnay.
  • polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
  • process industry — business of treating raw materials
  • pyroconductivity — conductivity brought about by the application of heat, especially in solids that are not conductors at normal temperatures.
  • radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
  • schneider trophy — a trophy for air racing between seaplanes of any nation, first presented by Jacques Schneider (1879–1928) in 1913; won outright by Britain in 1931
  • secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • simply-connected — (of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
  • situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
  • slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
  • sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
  • street directory — a directory containing an alphabetical list of streets along with other information such as the names and addresses of householders and tradespeople
  • the body politic — the people of a nation or the nation itself considered as a political entity; the state
  • thionyl chloride — a clear, pale yellow or red, fuming, corrosive liquid, SOCl 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • to call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
  • tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
  • typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
  • un-contradictory — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
  • uncoincidentally — happening by or resulting from coincidence; by chance: a coincidental meeting.
  • undiscriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • windy conditions — weather in which there are strong winds
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