16-letter words containing s, y, r, o
- cayenne software — (company) The company formed when CADRE merged with Bachman Information Systems in July 1996.
- chemoprophylaxis — the prevention of disease using chemical drugs
- cholecystography — radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
- chondrodysplasia — (medicine) A genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism.
- chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
- chytridiomycosis — An infectious disease of amphibians caused by the chytrid fungus.
- comedy of errors — an early comedy (1594) by Shakespeare.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- community spirit — willingness and desire to participate in activities that promote a community
- confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
- conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
- constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
- constructed type — (types) A type formed by applying some type constructor function to one or more other types. The usual constructions are functions: t1 -> t2, products: (t1, t2), sums: t1 + t2 and lifting: lift(t1). (In LaTeX, the lifted type is written with a subscript \perp). See also algebraic data type, primitive type.
- constructibility — The condition of being constructible.
- constructionally — In a constructional manner.
- consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
- controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
- conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- copyright symbol — (character, legal) "©" The internationally recognised symbol required to introduce a copyright notice, a letter C with a circle around it. This can be encoded in ISO 8859-1 as character code decimal 169, hexadecimal A9, in HTML as ©, © or ©. A "c" in parentheses: "(c)" is sometimes used in documents stored in a coded character set such as ASCII that does not include the C in a circle, but this has no legal meaning.
- coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
- cosmetic surgery — Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
- 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.
- counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- couvade syndrome — a psychosomatic condition in which the spouse or partner of a pregnant woman experiences symptoms of childbirth or pregnancy
- cross of calvary — a Latin cross with a representation of steps beneath it.
- crossbow archery — the sport of shooting with a crossbow
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- cryoprecipitates — Plural form of cryoprecipitate.
- cryopreservation — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- cryptozoologists — Plural form of cryptozoologist.
- crystal detector — a demodulator, used esp in microwave circuits and in early radio receivers, consisting of a thin metal wire in point contact with a semiconductor crystal
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
- customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
- cycle of erosion — the hypothetical sequence of modifications to the earth's surface by erosion, from the original uplift of the land to the ultimate low plain, usually divided into the youthful, mature, and old stages
- cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
- cytotrophoblasts — Plural form of cytotrophoblast.
- dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
- deconstructively — In a deconstructive manner.
- dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
- depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
- destroyer escort — a lightly armed warship smaller than a destroyer, designed to escort fleets or convoys
- destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
- diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
- discographically — In terms of discography.
- discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
- discriminatorily — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
- distributionally — In a distributional manner.
- do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation