17-letter words containing e, t, o

cream of the crop — the best of a group
creature comforts — Creature comforts are the things that you need to feel comfortable in a place, for example good food and modern equipment.
creature of habit — If you say that someone is a creature of habit, you mean that they usually do the same thing at the same time each day, rather than doing new and different things.
credit memorandum — a memorandum issued to an account allowing a credit or reducing a debit, especially one posted to a customer's account.
creeping eruption — a skin eruption with intense itching, caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
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.
cross one's heart — to promise or pledge, esp by making the sign of a cross over one's heart
cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
cross-correlation — the correlation between two sequences of random variables in a time series
cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
crossover network — an electronic network in a loudspeaker system that separates the signal into two or more frequency bands, the lower frequencies being fed to a woofer, the higher frequencies to a tweeter
cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
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 brokerage — the work of a customs broker
customs clearance — the permission to take goods into or out of a country once customs requirements have been satisfied
cut a good figure — to appear or behave well
cut a person dead — to ignore a person completely
cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
cutaneous quittor — a purulent infection of horses and other hoofed animals, characterized by an acute inflammation of soft tissue above the hoof and resulting in suppuration and sloughing of the skin and usually lameness.
cyclooctatetraene — a colorless, flammable liquid cyclic hydrocarbon, C 8 H 8 , used in organic research.
cytoarchitectonic — Of or pertaining to cytoarchitectonics (cytoarchitecture).
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.
david livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
de facto standard — A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, but which nevertheless has a large market share. The archetypal example of a de facto standard is the IBM PC which, despite is many glaring technical deficiencies, has gained such a large share of the personal computer market that it is now popular simply because it is popular and therefore enjoys fierce competition in pricing and software development.
de-baathification — the process of removing the members and influence of the Ba'ath Party from public office in Iraq following the US-led invasion of 2003
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
dead tree edition — dead tree
death's-head moth — a European hawk moth, Acherontia atropos, having markings resembling a human skull on its upper thorax
decellularization — (biology, medicine) The loss of cells from tissue.
deconstructionism — The belief in, or application of, deconstruction.
deconstructionist — a philosophical and critical movement, starting in the 1960s and especially applied to the study of literature, that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability of language to represent reality and emphasizes that a text has no stable reference or identification because words essentially only refer to other words and therefore a reader must approach a text by eliminating any metaphysical or ethnocentric assumptions through an active role of defining meaning, sometimes by a reliance on new word construction, etymology, puns, and other word play.
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.
dedifferentiation — the reversion of the cells of differentiated tissue to a less specialized form
deduction theorem — the property of many formal systems that the conditional derived from a valid argument by taking the conjunction of the premises as antecedent and the conclusion as consequent is true
deepwater horizon — an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, 40 miles (64km) south-east off the coast of Louisiana, that suffered a massive oil spill following an explosion in April 2010
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.
dehistoricization — The process or result of dehistoricizing.
dehospitalization — hospitalization insurance.
dehydrochlorinate — to remove hydrogen chloride or chlorine and hydrogen from (a substance).
delay instruction — delayed control-transfer

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