16-letter words containing o, d, i

contraindicative — Serving as a contraindication.
convenience food — Convenience food is frozen, dried, or canned food that can be heated and prepared very quickly and easily.
conventionalised — to make conventional.
conventionalized — to make conventional.
convertible bond — a bond that can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of the common stock of the issuing company at the holder's option.
cook-chill foods — foods which are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
copper hydroxide — a blue, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Cu(OH) 2 , used in the manufacture of rayon, as a source for copper salts, and as a mordant.
coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
cordon sanitaire — a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
core description — A core description is a summary of the information about a rock sample, found by core analysis.
corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
corporate raider — A corporate raider is a person or organization that tries to take control of a company by buying a large number of its shares.
correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
cosimo de'medici — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
cracked fraction — A cracked fraction is a petroleum fraction (= a portion separated according to a physical property) that has been broken down from a fraction with larger molecules.
creditworthiness — having a satisfactory credit rating.
cross one's mind — to occur to one briefly or suddenly
cross-validation — a process by which a method that works for one sample of a population is checked for validity by applying the method to another sample from the same population.
crossover bodice — a bodice which has one side crossing over the other
croydon facelift — the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face caused by securing the hair at the back of the head in a tight ponytail
cupric hydroxide — a blue, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Cu(OH) 2 , used in the manufacture of rayon, as a source for copper salts, and as a mordant.
curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
curried function — (mathematics, programming) A function of N arguments that is considered as a function of one argument which returns another function of N-1 arguments. E.g. in Haskell we can define: average :: Int -> (Int -> Int) (The parentheses are optional). A partial application of average, to one Int, e.g. (average 4), returns a function of type (Int -> Int) which averages its argument with 4. In uncurried languages a function must always be applied to all its arguments but a partial application can be represented using a lambda abstraction: \ x -> average(4,x) Currying is necessary if full laziness is to be applied to functional sub-expressions. It was named after the logician Haskell Curry but the 19th-century logician, Gottlob Frege was the first to propose it and it was first referred to in ["Uber die Bausteine der mathematischen Logik", M. Schoenfinkel, Mathematische Annalen. Vol 92 (1924)]. Stefan Kahrs <[email protected]> reported hearing somebody in Germany trying to introduce "scho"nen" for currying and "finkeln" for "uncurrying". The verb "scho"nen" means "to beautify"; "finkeln" isn't a German word, but it suggests "to fiddle".
cut down to size — to reduce the prestige or importance of
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
d-type flip-flop — (hardware) A digital logic device that stores the status of its "D" input whenever its clock input makes a certain transition (low to high or high to low). The output, "Q", shows the currently stored value. Compare J-K flip-flop.
dabrowa gornicza — an industrial city in S Poland.
dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
dakin's solution — a dilute solution containing sodium hypochlorite and boric acid, used as an antiseptic in the treatment of wounds
dakota territory — a territory in the N central U.S., from 1861 to 1868 comprising present-day North Dakota and South Dakota, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
darwinian theory — Darwin's theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
data abstraction — (data) Any representation of data in which the implementation details are hidden (abstracted). Abstract data types and objects are the two primary forms of data abstraction.
data acquisition — data logging
data compression — the act of compressing.
data preparation — the process of converting data or information into a form that can be read by a computer, so that the data can then be entered into the computer
data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
dc potentiometer — A DC potentiometer is a potentiometer in which the supply is a battery and the balance is under direct current conditions.
de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
de-anglicization — (in Ireland) the elimination of English influence, language, customs, etc
de-concentration — to reduce the power or control of (a corporation, industry, etc.); decentralize.
de-stalinization — the elimination of the influence of Stalin

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