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17-letter words containing e, o, l

  • corporate culture — the distinctive ethos of an organization that influences the level of formality, loyalty, and general behaviour of its employees
  • corporate village — an area close to the workplace where many everyday facilities are provided for a company's workers
  • correlation ratio — the ratio of the variance between arrays of data within a sample to the variance of the whole sample.
  • costume jewellery — Costume jewellery is jewellery made from cheap materials.
  • council of europe — an association of European states, established in 1949 to promote unity between its members, defend human rights, and increase social and economic progress
  • counter-complaint — an expression of discontent, regret, pain, censure, resentment, or grief; lament; faultfinding: his complaint about poor schools.
  • counter-influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
  • counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
  • counterrevolution — A counterrevolution is a revolution that is intended to reverse the effects of a previous revolution.
  • country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
  • creme de violette — a liqueur flavored with vanilla extract and the essential oils of violets.
  • criminal contempt — any seriously disrespectful act committed against the dignity or authority of a court.
  • cromwellian chair — an upright oaken chair, often with arms, having all pieces turned and a seat and back panel of leather or cloth attached with brass-headed nails.
  • cross of lorraine — a cross with two horizontal bars above and below the midpoint of the vertical bar, the lower longer than the upper
  • cross-correlation — the correlation between two sequences of random variables in a time series
  • crude oil cracker — A crude oil cracker is the part of a refinery and the equipment used for changing crude oil to its fractions, using heat and pressure.
  • cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
  • culpable homicide — manslaughter
  • culture diffusion — the spreading out of culture, culture traits, or a cultural pattern from a central point.
  • cumulative voting — a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several
  • customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
  • cyanogen chloride — a colorless, volatile, poisonous liquid, CNCl, used chiefly in the synthesis of compounds containing the cyano group.
  • cyclooctatetraene — a colorless, flammable liquid cyclic hydrocarbon, C 8 H 8 , used in organic research.
  • cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
  • cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
  • d-shell connector — (hardware)   One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
  • damage limitation — Damage limitation is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
  • daphnis and chloe — two lovers in pastoral literature, esp in a prose idyll attributed to the Greek writer Longus
  • dark-complexioned — (of a person) having a dark complexion
  • david copperfield — a novel (1850) by Charles Dickens.
  • david livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
  • de-specialization — the act of specializing, or pursuing a particular line of study or work: Medical students with high student loans often feel driven into specialization.
  • dead to the world — unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk
  • decellularization — (biology, medicine) The loss of cells from tissue.
  • decontextualizing — to remove (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) from a context: decontextualized works of art displayed in museums.
  • decriminalisation — (chiefly, British) Alternative form of decriminalization.
  • decriminalization — to eliminate criminal penalties for or remove legal restrictions against: to decriminalize marijuana.
  • defamiliarisation — (arts) The representation of objects anew, in a way that we do not recognize, or that changes our reading of them.
  • defamiliarization — Art, Literature. a theory and technique, originating in the early 20th century, in which an artistic or literary work presents familiar objects or situations in an unfamiliar way, prolonging the perceptive process and allowing for a fresh perspective.
  • defending counsel — a barrister who defends a client in a trial
  • dehospitalization — hospitalization insurance.
  • dehydrochlorinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen and chlorine atoms or ions from chlorinated hydrocarbons.
  • dehydrochlorinate — to remove hydrogen chloride or chlorine and hydrogen from (a substance).
  • delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
  • deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
  • dematerialisation — The act or process of dematerializing.
  • dematerialization — The act or process of dematerializing.
  • demythologization — The act of demythologizing, or something demythologized.
  • denationalisation — Alternative spelling of denationalization.
  • denationalization — to remove (an industry or the like) from government ownership or control.
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