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17-letter words containing o, c, y, t, e

  • chincoteague pony — a wild pony found on certain islands off the Virginia coast, apparently descended from Moorish ponies shipwrecked in this vicinity in the 16th century.
  • chlortetracycline — an antibiotic used in treating many bacterial and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces aureofaciens. Formula: C22H23ClN2O8
  • cholecystectomies — Plural form of cholecystectomy.
  • circular velocity — the velocity at which a body must move in order to maintain an orbit at the outer edge of the earth's atmosphere.
  • classless society — a society in which class distinctions are negligible or absent
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • collection agency — A collection agency is an organization that obtains payments from people who owe money to others.
  • collective memory — the shared memories of a group, family, race, etc
  • collision density — the rate at which collisions are occurring per unit volume per unit time, usually pertaining to the collisions of neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
  • colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
  • come to the party — to take part or become involved
  • commodity markets — stock markets in which commodities are traded
  • community college — A community college is a local college where students from the surrounding area can take courses in practical or academic subjects.
  • community service — Community service is unpaid work that criminals sometimes do as a punishment instead of being sent to prison.
  • company secretary — A company secretary is a person whose job within a company is to keep the legal affairs, accounts, and administration in order.
  • complementary dna — a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones
  • complexity theory — the study of complex systems, including subjects such as chaos theory and genetic algorithms
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • computer literacy — basic, nontechnical knowledge about computers and how to use them; familiarity and experience with computers, software, and computer systems.
  • computer security — security
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • contemporaneously — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
  • contingency table — an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples
  • contraflow system — a system of traffic lanes whose normal direction is reversed to allow traffic to move during repairs or an accident
  • cooperative party — (in Great Britain) a political party supporting the cooperative movement and linked with the Labour Party: founded in 1917
  • coordinate system — a system of coordinates that uses numbers to represent a point, line, or the like.
  • copernican system — the theory published in 1543 by Copernicus which stated that the earth and the planets rotated around the sun and which opposed the Ptolemaic system
  • coronary arteries — either of two arteries that originate in the aorta and supply the heart muscle with blood.
  • costume jewellery — Costume jewellery is jewellery made from cheap materials.
  • counterinsurgency — action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
  • counterparty risk — the risk that a person who is a party to a contract will default on their obligations under that contract
  • country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
  • court of chancery — (in the US) a court of equity
  • court-of-chancery — chancery (def 4a).
  • cover your tracks — If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of their identity or their actions, because they want to keep them secret.
  • cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
  • cryptocrystalline — (of rocks) composed of crystals that can be distinguished individually only by the use of a polarizing microscope
  • cyclooctatetraene — a colorless, flammable liquid cyclic hydrocarbon, C 8 H 8 , used in organic research.
  • cytoarchitectonic — Of or pertaining to cytoarchitectonics (cytoarchitecture).
  • cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
  • cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
  • dehydrochlorinate — to remove hydrogen chloride or chlorine and hydrogen from (a substance).
  • delay instruction — delayed control-transfer
  • dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • desynchronisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of desynchronization.
  • desynchronization — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • dialect geography — linguistic geography
  • dialectologically — In terms of dialectology.
  • dideoxynucleotide — (biochemistry) Any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group.
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