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18-letter words containing h, a, r, d, c

  • ice cream headache — Also called ice-cream headache. a pain in the temples and forehead brought on by quickly consuming very cold food or drink.
  • in accordance with — conforming to
  • incidental charges — Incidental charges are costs of items and services that are not part of the main bill.
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
  • kitchen-sink drama — a type of drama of the 1950s depicting the sordid aspects of domestic reality
  • lincoln's birthday — February 12, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., in honor of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
  • lipopolysaccharide — any of a class of polysaccharides to which lipids are attached.
  • manhattan district — (during World War II) the code name for a unit of US army engineers established in 1942 to construct secret sites for the development of the atomic bomb
  • mechanical drawing — drawing, as of machinery, done with the aid of rulers, scales, compasses, etc.
  • modular arithmetic — arithmetic in which numbers that are congruent modulo a given number are treated as the same. Compare congruence (def 2), modulo, modulus (def 2b).
  • monte carlo method — a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer.
  • morphine addiction — the fact or condition of being addicted to morphine
  • mucopolysaccharide — (formerly) glycosaminoglycan.
  • muscular dystrophy — a hereditary disease characterized by gradual wasting of the muscles with replacement by scar tissue and fat, sometimes also affecting the heart.
  • natural childbirth — childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia and usually involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process.
  • neighborhood watch — a neighborhood surveillance program or group in which residents keep watch over one another's houses, patrol the streets, etc., in an attempt to prevent crime.
  • neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
  • northeast corridor — the long, narrow strip of land between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., containing many adjacent urban areas.
  • officer of the day — an officer who has charge of the guard and prisoners on an assigned day at a military installation. Abbreviation: OD, O.D., O.O.D.
  • orthophthalic acid — Chemistry. any of three isomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 6 O 4 , especially the ortho isomer (orthophthalic acid) a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, medicine, and perfume.
  • orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
  • overhead projector — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
  • palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
  • paper handkerchief — a handkerchief made from tissue paper
  • phthalic anhydride — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 4 O 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, alkyd resins, and plasticizers.
  • pitch-and-run shot — chip shot.
  • play the race card — to introduce the subject of race into a public discussion, esp to gain a strategic advantage
  • positively charged — having a positive charge
  • potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
  • price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
  • propaganda machine — the group of people, publications, etc, such as of a government, country etc, responsible for the organized dissemination of information, allegations, etc, to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement, etc
  • pseudo-anarchistic — a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
  • pyromucic aldehyde — furfural.
  • pyrosulphuric acid — a fuming liquid acid made by adding sulphur trioxide to concentrated sulphuric acid. Formula: H2S2O7
  • registered charity — official aid organization
  • repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
  • residential school — (in Canada) a boarding school maintained by the Canadian government for Indian and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements
  • rhodes scholarship — one of a number of scholarships at Oxford University, established by the will of Cecil Rhodes, for selected students (Rhodes scholars) from the British Commonwealth and the United States.
  • rhondda cynon taff — a county borough in S Wales, created from part of Mid Glamorgan in 1996. Pop: 231 600 (2003 est). Area: 558 sq km (215 sq miles)
  • rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
  • richard p. feynman — (person, computing, architecture)   /fayn'mn/ 1918-1988. A US physicist, computer scientist and author who graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton. Feynmane was a key figure in helping Oppenheimer and team develop atomic bomb. In 1950 he became a professor at Caltech and in 1965 became Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics for QED (quantum electrodynamics). He was a primary figure in "solving" the Challenger disaster O-ring problem. He "rediscovered" the former Soviet Socialist Republic of Tuva. The 2001 film "Infinity" about Feynman's early life featured Matthew Broderick and Patricia Arquette. In 2001, "QED", a play about Feynman's life featuring Alan Alda opened.
  • richard p. gabriel — Richard Gabriel
  • schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
  • scholarship holder — a person who, because of academic merit, receives financial aid for their studies
  • school for scandal — a comedy of manners (1777) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
  • scratch one's head — If you say that someone is scratching their head, you mean that they are thinking hard and trying to solve a problem or puzzle.
  • search-and-destroy — designed to find and destroy by bombing etc
  • second-hand dealer — a person who deals in second-hand things, such as cars, or furniture
  • secondary syphilis — the second stage of syphilis, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.
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