19-letter words containing i, n, c

chemical processing — Chemical processing is a way of making changes to chemical compounds.
chemical weathering — any of the various weathering processes that cause exposed rock to undergo chemical decomposition, changing the chemical and mineralogical composition of the rock: Oxygen and acids are agents in chemical weathering.
cherenkov radiation — the electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle moves through a medium at a greater velocity than the velocity of light in that medium
chicken-fried steak — a cheap cut of beefsteak that is fried in batter
chinese chippendale — a branch of Chippendale style in which Chinese styles and motifs are used
chinese finger trap — a child's toy, consisting of a small cylinder of woven straw or paper into which the forefingers are placed, one in each end: the harder one pulls, the more securely the fingers are held.
chinese fleece-vine — a hardy, twining, woody plant, Polygonum auberti, of the buckwheat family, native to western China and Tibet, having greenish-white, fragrant flowers in drooping clusters.
chinese liver fluke — a parasitic Asian flatworm, Clonorchis sinensis, that infects the gastrointestinal tract and bile duct following ingestion of contaminated raw or insufficiently cooked freshwater fish.
chinese sacred lily — a Chinese amaryllidaceous plant, Narcissus tazetta orientalis, widely grown as a house plant for its fragrant yellow and white flowers
chinese tallow tree — tallow tree.
chloroplatinic acid — a red-brown, crystalline, water-soluble solid, H 2 PtCl 6 ⋅6H 2 O, used chiefly in platinizing glass, metals, and ceramic ware.
chlorosulfonic acid — a colorless or yellowish, highly corrosive, pungent liquid, HClO 3 S, usually produced by treating sulfur trioxide with hydrogen chloride: used in organic synthesis to introduce the sulfonyl chloride group, =SO 2 Cl.
chrestien de troyes — c1140–c90, French poet.
christian democracy — the beliefs, principles, practices, or programme of a Christian Democratic party
christian scientist — a believer in Christian Science; a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist.
christian socialist — a member of any of certain European political parties advocating a form of social organization based on Christian and socialistic principles.
christmas pantomime — pantomime (def 5).
chronological order — the arrangement of things following one after another in time: Put these documents in chronological order.
cinematographically — a motion-picture projector.
circle of confusion — a circular spot on a film, resulting from the degree to which a pencil of light reflected from the field of view is focused in front of or behind the film, or from aberration of the lens, or from both.
circular definition — a definition in which the definiendum (the expression being defined) or a variant of it appears in the definiens (the expression that defines it).
circulating capital — the non-permanent raw materials and operating expenses that are used up to produce other goods or services
circulating decimal — repeating decimal
circulating library — a small library circulated in turn to a group of schools or other institutions
circulation manager — the senior manager responsible for the distribution of a newspaper
cisco systems, inc. — (company) Ethernet hardware manufacturers. Address: 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706, USA. Telephone: +1 408 526 4000, +1 800 553 6387. Fax: +1 408 526 4100.
city of seven hills — Rome2
city of westminster — a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: contains the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Pop: 222 000 (2003 est). Area: 22 sq km (8 sq miles)
claims investigator — A claims investigator is a person who is employed by an insurance company to obtain information necessary to evaluate a claim.
claims notification — Claims notification is the process of informing an insurance company that a loss has occurred and that the policyholder intends to ask for money as a result.
clandestine entrant — a person who hides in or on a vehicle as it enters the United Kingdom with the aim of avoiding immigration controls
class action (suit) — a legal action brought by one or more persons on behalf of themselves and a much larger group, all of whom have the same grounds for action
class consciousness — awareness of belonging to a particular social rank or grade
classical economics — a system or school of economic thought developed by Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Malthus, and David Ricardo, advocating minimum governmental intervention, free enterprise, and free trade, considering labor the source of wealth and dealing with problems concerning overpopulation.
classical mechanics — the study of mechanics using Newton's laws rather than quantum theory and relativity
classroom assistant — a person whose job is to help a schoolteacher in the classroom
clemastine fumarate — an antihistamine, C 25 H 30 ClNO 5 , that has drying and some sedative effects, used for symptomatic relief of allergy.
client-server model — client-server
clinical depression — depression in a patient that meets defined criteria and that is deemed to merit treatment
clinical governance — a systematic approach to raising standards of health care and tackling poor performance in hospitals
clinical psychology — the branch of psychology that studies and treats mental illness and mental retardation
clinicopathological — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
clockwork precision — regularity
coca colonization's — to bring (a foreign country) under the influence of U.S. trade, popular culture, and attitudes.
coefficient of drag — the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and surface area of the body.
collect on delivery — payment in cash when a purchase or shipment is delivered
collision detection — (networking) A class of methods for sharing a data transmission medium in which hosts transmit as soon as they have data to send and then check to see whether their transmission has suffered a collision with another host's. If a collision is detected then the data must be resent. The resending algorithm should try to minimise the chance that two hosts's data will repeatedly collide. For example, the CSMA/CD protocol used on Ethernet specifies that they should then wait for a random time before re-transmitting. See also backoff. This contrasts with slotted protocols and token passing.
collision insurance — insurance protecting an automobile owner against loss or damage to the automobile resulting from a collision or other accident.
colonial experience — experience of farming, etc, gained by a young Englishman in colonial Australia
columnar epithelium — epithelium consisting of one or more layers of elongated cells of cylindrical or prismatic shape.

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