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16-letter words containing d, r, i, c

  • city of aberdeen — a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)
  • clarified butter — butter with the water and milk solids removed, used for cooking at high temperatures without burning
  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
  • clitoridectomies — Plural form of clitoridectomy.
  • cloak-and-suiter — a manufacturer or seller of clothing.
  • cloistered vault — a vault having the form of a number of intersecting coves.
  • co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
  • coadministration — Joint administration.
  • code of practice — A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave.
  • coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
  • colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
  • combination door — an outside door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, as a screen for summer or storm sash for winter.
  • combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
  • combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
  • come from behind — sport: win from a disadvantaged position
  • commodity dollar — the unit of a proposed system of currency, that would have a fluctuating gold value determined at regular intervals on the basis of an official index of the prices of key commodities
  • common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • companion ladder — a ladder that allows sailors to move up and down between the decks of the ship
  • compressed video — video compression
  • computer studies — a course of study devoted to using and programming computers
  • confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
  • confederationist — A supporter of confederation.
  • confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
  • considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
  • container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
  • content provider — A content provider is a company that supplies material such as text, music, or images for use on websites.
  • contraindicating — Present participle of contraindicate.
  • contraindication — Contraindications are specific medical reasons for not using a particular treatment for a medical condition in the usual way.
  • contraindicative — Serving as a contraindication.
  • 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.
  • copper hydroxide — a blue, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Cu(OH) 2 , used in the manufacture of rayon, as a source for copper salts, and as a mordant.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • cordon sanitaire — a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
  • core description — A core description is a summary of the information about a rock sample, found by core analysis.
  • corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
  • corporate raider — A corporate raider is a person or organization that tries to take control of a company by buying a large number of its shares.
  • correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
  • costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
  • cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  • counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
  • cracked fraction — A cracked fraction is a petroleum fraction (= a portion separated according to a physical property) that has been broken down from a fraction with larger molecules.
  • creditworthiness — having a satisfactory credit rating.
  • critical damping — the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
  • critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
  • cross one's mind — to occur to one briefly or suddenly
  • cross-validation — a process by which a method that works for one sample of a population is checked for validity by applying the method to another sample from the same population.
  • crossover bodice — a bodice which has one side crossing over the other
  • croydon facelift — the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face caused by securing the hair at the back of the head in a tight ponytail
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