16-letter words containing p, a, l, i, c, n
- chondrodysplasia — (medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism.
- chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
- chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
- cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
- cleanup campaign — an organized programme to clean up a place, typically organized at a local or regional level
- closed-captioned — (of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder
- cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
- collection plate — a plate that is used in church to collect money for charity or the support of the church
- colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
- companion animal — an animal kept as a pet
- companion ladder — a ladder that allows sailors to move up and down between the decks of the ship
- companion volume — a book that complements another on a related subject, usually by the same author
- companionability — The state of being companionable, suitability for companionship.
- compartmentalise — to divide into categories or compartments.
- compartmentalize — To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections.
- compilation film — film from an archive used in a film or documentary to give a feeling of the relevant period
- complex analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with analytic functions of a complex variable.
- complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
- complexing agent — an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.: the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.
- compositionality — The property of being compositional.
- conical pendulum — a clock pendulum oscillating in a circle rather than in a straight line.
- conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
- contingency plan — a plan to be carried out if a more likely or desired outcome does not happen
- copolymerization — a process resembling polymerization, in which unlike molecules unite in alternate or random sequences in a chain
- coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
- correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
- crime passionnel — a crime committed from passion, esp sexual passion
- critical damping — the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
- curlew sandpiper — a common Eurasian sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea, having a brick-red breeding plumage and a greyish winter plumage
- decapitalization — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- depoliticization — The act or process of depoliticizing.
- diacetylmorphine — heroin.
- diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
- displaced person — a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.
- displacement ton — a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu. ft. (1 cu. m) of seawater.
- dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
- educational park — a group of elementary and high schools, usually clustered in a parklike setting and having certain facilities shared by all grades, that often accommodates students from a large area.
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
- encyclopedically — In an encyclopedic way; in the manner of an encyclopedia.
- epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- european council — an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission
- exceptionalities — Plural form of exceptionality.
- exemplifications — Plural form of exemplification.
- exemption clause — a clause in a contract that exempts one party from liability for something
- experience table — an actuarial table, esp a mortality table based on past statistics
- family physician — a general practitioner.