15-letter words containing i, c, o
- culturalization — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- curiosity value — value arising from rarity or strangeness rather than intrinsic worth
- curl one's hair — to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair.
- cushion capital — a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- customs service — The Customs Service is a United States federal organization which is responsible for collecting taxes on imported and exported goods. Compare Customs and Excise.
- cut (up) didoes — to behave in mischievous or silly way
- cuticle remover — a substance used to remove the cuticle from around the base of one's nails
- cyanide process — a process for recovering gold and silver from ores by treatment with a weak solution of sodium cyanide
- cyanoethylation — the act of introducing a cyano-ethyl group into a compound
- cyclical stocks — shares which are highly sensitive to the business cycle and affected by the performance of the economy
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cycling holiday — a holiday in which one cycles between destinations
- cyclobenzaprine — A particular antidepressant generally prescribed as an analgesic and muscle relaxant.
- cyclohexylamine — a highly toxic and hazardous organic chemical derived from cyclohexane
- cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
- cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
- cystic fibrosis — Cystic fibrosis is a serious disease of the glands which usually affects children and can make breathing difficult.
- cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
- cytoplasmically — by means of a cytoplasm
- czechoslovakian — Czechoslovakian means the same as Czechoslovak.
- dartmouth basic — (language) The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
- data collection — the process of gathering information or data
- data dictionary — an index of data held in a database and used to assist in the access to data
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- data protection — (in Britain) safeguards for individuals relating to personal data stored on a computer
- deacidification — a procedure that is carried out to lessen the level of acid present in paper
- dealer's choice — a card game, as poker, in which the dealer decides what particular game is to be played, often depending on the number of players, and designates any special variations or unusual rules, including setting the stakes.
- debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
- decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
- decarboxylation — the removal or loss of a carboxyl group from an organic compound
- decarburization — The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
- decasualization — the replacement of casual workers by permanent employees
- deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- decision theory — the study of strategies for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty in such a way as to maximize the expected utility
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- decollate snail — a cone-shaped, burrowing snail, Rumina decollata, that feeds on common brown garden snails.
- decommissioning — the act of decommissioning something
- decommunization — the act or process of decommunizing
- decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
- decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
- deconcentrating — Present participle of deconcentrate.
- deconcentration — the act of decentralizing or the state of becoming less concentrated in one area
- decontaminating — Present participle of decontaminate.