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

  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
  • domain selection — (systems analysis)   The prioritisation and selection of one or more domains for which specific software reuse engineering projects are to be initiated.
  • domestic partner — either member of an unmarried, cohabiting, and especially homosexual couple that seeks benefits usually available only to spouses.
  • domestic prelate — an honorary distinction conferred by the Holy See upon clergy, entitling them to some of the privileges of a bishop.
  • domestic science — home economics.
  • domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
  • domestic service — the work of household servants
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
  • ectoparasiticide — Any pesticide designed to kill parasites that live on the exterior of a host.
  • electrodeposited — Deposited by electrodeposition.
  • endarterectomies — Plural form of endarterectomy.
  • endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
  • endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
  • feel constrained — If you feel constrained to do something, you feel that you must do it, even though you would prefer not to.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
  • friendly society — law: mutual group providing benefits
  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
  • head post office — the main post office in a town
  • horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
  • hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • induction course — training for new job
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • leconte de lisle — Charles Marie [sharl ma-ree] /ʃarl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1818–94, French poet.
  • level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
  • malcontentedness — not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.
  • mass destruction — devastation on a large scale
  • mexican standoff — a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win.
  • monocotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the monocotyledons.
  • musical director — A musical director is the same as a music director.
  • mustard-coloured — of a brownish-yellow colour
  • nicotine-stained — discoloured by the effects of nicotine
  • nondestructively — In a nondestructive manner; without causing destruction.
  • nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
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