16-letter words containing h, o, l, e, n
- chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.
- chemonucleolysis — treatment for a herniated spinal disk in which chymopapain is injected into the disk to dissolve tissue.
- chernobyl packet — (networking) /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, named in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ethernet address and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet.
- chilli con carne — Chilli con carne is a dish made from minced meat, vegetables, and powdered or fresh chillies.
- chinese pavilion — crescent (def 6).
- chinese snowball — a Chinese shrub, Viburnum macrocephalum, of the honeysuckle family, having scurfy, hairy twigs, hairy leaves, and white flowers in large, showy, globelike clusters.
- chinese wood oil — tung oil.
- chinese-pavilion — a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- chlorinated lime — bleaching powder.
- chlorine dioxide — a compound used to bleach wood pulp
- chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
- chlorophenol red — an acid-base indicator, C 19 H 12 Cl 2 O 5 S, that changes color from yellow to red as the acidity of a solution decreases.
- chlorophenothane — DDT.
- chlorpheniramine — an antihistaminic compound, C 20 H 23 ClN 2 O 4 , used in treating the symptoms of allergies.
- choanoflagellate — any flagellate of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia, having a protoplasmic collar encircling the base of the flagellum.
- cholera infantum — an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.
- 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
- cog in the wheel — small part of a large system
- 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.
- 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
- cool one's heels — to wait or be kept waiting
- cornelian cherry — a flowering tree of the dogwood family Cornus mas
- counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
- cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- dealcoholization — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
- dear john letter — a letter from someone (esp to a man) breaking off a love affair
- debenture holder — a person or organization holds a debenture
- dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- dichlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms.
- diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
- dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
- dishonorableness — The property of being dishonorable.
- dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
- double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- down at the heel — with the heels of one's shoes in need of repair
- draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
- dyed-in-the-wool — through and through; complete: a dyed-in-the-wool reformer.
- ecological niche — niche (def 3).
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.