16-letter words containing i, m, o, d, e
- chromic fluoride — a green, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, CrF 3 ⋅4H 2 O or CrF 3 ⋅9H 2 O: used chiefly in printing and dyeing woolens.
- chromium dioxide — a chemical compound used as a magnetic coating on cassette tapes; chromium(IV) oxide. Formula: CrO2
- clitoridectomies — Plural form of clitoridectomy.
- clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
- closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
- co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
- combined honours — (in British education) a degree course that includes more than one subject
- come and get it! — the meal is ready!
- come from behind — sport: win from a disadvantaged position
- command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
- common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
- community leader — a leading figure in a community
- companion ladder — a ladder that allows sailors to move up and down between the decks of the ship
- competitive edge — business: superiority
- compressed video — video compression
- computer studies — a course of study devoted to using and programming computers
- confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
- conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
- consumption weed — groundsel tree.
- coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
- cosimo de'medici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
- cross one's mind — to occur to one briefly or suddenly
- curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
- cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
- cyclophosphamide — an alkylating agent used in the treatment of leukaemia and lymphomas
- data compression — the act of compressing.
- dc potentiometer — A DC potentiometer is a potentiometer in which the supply is a battery and the balance is under direct current conditions.
- dead-smooth file — the smoothest grade of file commonly used
- decimal fraction — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
- decision problem — (theory) A problem with a yes/no answer. Determining whether some potential solution to a question is actually a solution or not. E.g. "Is 43669" a prime number?". This is in contrast to a "search problem" which must find a solution from scratch, e.g. "What is the millionth prime number?". See decidability.
- dedolomitization — a metamorphic process in which the magnesium in dolomitic rock forms new minerals, as brucite and forsterite, and the calcium forms calcite.
- dehumidification — Dehumidification is the removal of vapor from a gas-vapor mixture.
- delegitimization — The act or process of delegitimizing.
- dementia praecox — schizophrenia
- demilitarisation — The removal of a military force, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.
- demilitarization — to deprive of military character; free from militarism.
- demineralisation — Alternative spelling of demineralization.
- demineralization — to remove minerals from; deprive of mineral content.
- democratic party — (in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840
- demoiselle crane — a gray crane, Anthropoides virgo, of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia, having long, white plumes behind each eye.
- demolition derby — a competition in which contestants drive old cars into each other until there is only one car left running
- demolition squad — a group of demolishers
- demutualizations — Plural form of demutualization.
- denominationally — In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
- depolymerization — (chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments.
- dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
- destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.