0%

16-letter words containing i, m, o, d

  • bornholm disease — an epidemic virus infection characterized by pain round the base of the chest
  • brick-and-mortar — pertaining to conventional stores, businesses, etc., having physical buildings and facilities, as opposed to Internet or remote services.
  • brood parasitism — a type of parasitism in which a bird (brood parasite), as a cowbird or European cuckoo, lays and abandons its eggs in the nest of another species
  • busman's holiday — If you have a holiday, but spend it doing something similar to your usual work, you can refer to it as a busman's holiday.
  • calcium chloride — a white deliquescent salt occurring naturally in seawater and used in the de-icing of roads and as a drying agent. Formula: CaCl2
  • calcium fluoride — a white, crystalline compound, CaF 2 , insoluble in water, occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite: used as a flux in metallurgy and as a decay preventive in dentifrices.
  • campagna di roma — low-lying plain in central Italy, around Rome: c. 800 sq mi (2,072 sq km)
  • canadian hemlock — eastern hemlock.
  • capital employed — the money used by a business for buying land, buildings, equipment etc
  • cardiotachometer — a device for counting heartbeats, usually displaying the number of beats per minute
  • chain of command — the various individual officers, ranks etc that constitute a hierarchy each level receiving orders from the one above it and passing on the orders to the one below
  • chloride of lime — a white powder with the approximate formula CaOCl2, obtained by treating slaked lime with chlorine and used for disinfecting and bleaching
  • chlorinated lime — bleaching powder.
  • chromic chloride — a violet, crystalline compound, CrCl 3 , occurring in both water-soluble and water-insoluble forms, or a green or violet, water-soluble deliquescent compound, CrCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O: used chiefly as a mordant, in chrome-steel plating, and in the synthesis of chromium salts.
  • 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
  • chytridiomycosis — An infectious disease of amphibians caused by the chytrid fungus.
  • 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
  • coadministration — Joint administration.
  • combination door — an outside door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, as a screen for summer or storm sash for winter.
  • combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
  • 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
  • commodity dollar — the unit of a proposed system of currency, that would have a fluctuating gold value determined at regular intervals on the basis of an official index of the prices of key commodities
  • common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
  • communion sunday — any Sunday on which communion is administered.
  • 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
  • condominium unit — an apartment in a condominium building
  • 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.
  • cutting compound — a mixture, such as oil, water, and soap, used for cooling drills and other cutting tools
  • 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.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?