16-letter words containing e, o, t, h
- christening robe — a long white dress worn by a baby at his or her christening
- chromatic number — (mathematics) The smallest number of colours necessary to colour the nodes of a graph so that no two adjacent nodes have the same colour. See also: four colour map theorem.
- chromatographies — Plural form of chromatography.
- chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
- cigarette holder — A cigarette holder is a narrow tube that you can put a cigarette into in order to hold it while you smoke it.
- civilian clothes — not military uniform
- clean technology — techniques used in manufacturing processes that minimize the damage caused to the environment
- close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
- cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
- cochineal insect — a Mexican homopterous insect, Dactylopius coccus, that feeds on cacti
- cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
- cock of the walk — a person who asserts himself or herself in a strutting pompous way
- cock-of-the-rock — either of two tropical South American birds, Rupicola rupicola or R. peruviana, having an erectile crest and (in the male) a brilliant red or orange plumage: family Cotingidae (cotingas)
- cog in the wheel — small part of a large system
- coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
- coherent control — the use of nonrandom radiation, especially a laser beam, to change an atomic, electronic, or molecular system's behavior.
- coital exanthema — a common venereal disease affecting horses and cattle, caused by a virus and characterized by the appearance of pustules on the mucous membranes of the genital organs and neighboring skin.
- colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- combining weight — the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.
- commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- comparable worth — the doctrine that a woman's and man's pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities.
- composite school — a secondary school offering both academic and nonacademic courses
- concertina crash — a collision in which vehicle after vehicle hits the one ahead in a sequence of events triggered by the first car crash
- connect the dots — join dots to form a picture
- considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
- contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
- convector heater — A convector heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
- cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
- cottage hospital — a small rural hospital
- counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
- counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
- covariant theory — the principle that physical laws have the same form and interrelations in any system of coordinates in which they are expressed.
- cowichan sweater — a heavy sweater of grey, unbleached wool with distinctive designs that were originally black-and-white but are now sometimes coloured: knitted originally by Cowichan Indians in British Columbia
- craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
- creditworthiness — having a satisfactory credit rating.
- cross-cut chisel — a chisel used for making grooves
- cry for the moon — to desire the unattainable
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
- cut to the chase — If someone cuts to the chase, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things.
- cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
- cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
- cytoarchitecture — (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- dark of the moon — the period during which the moon is not visible.
- darwinian theory — Darwin's theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive