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16-letter words containing i, n, t, o, c

  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
  • genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • get on your wick — If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
  • global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
  • gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
  • hair conditioner — a substance used, often after shampooing, to detangle and improve the condition of the hair. Like shampoo, it is applied to wet hair and then rinsed out after applying.
  • health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
  • health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
  • health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
  • heat of reaction — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a product is formed at constant pressure
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • hemolytic anemia — an anemic condition characterized by the destruction of red blood cells: seen in some drug reactions and in certain infectious and hereditary disorders.
  • heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
  • hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • ho chi minh city — a seaport in S Vietnam.
  • holder condition — Lipschitz condition.
  • horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
  • hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hot cold-working — metalworking at considerable heat but below the temperature at which the metal recrystallizes: a form of cold-working.
  • huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
  • hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
  • hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
  • hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
  • iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • image consultant — imagemaker.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • immunocompetence — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
  • impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
  • in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
  • in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
  • in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
  • in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
  • incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
  • income statement — an accounting of income and expenses that indicates a firm's net profit or loss over a certain period of time, usually one year.
  • inconceivability — (uncountable) The quality of being inconceivable.
  • inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
  • incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
  • incontinence pad — an absorbent pad used by incontinent people
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