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16-letter words containing t, o, l, c, h, e

  • cochineal cactus — a treelike cactus, Nopalea cochenillifera, of Mexico and Central America, that is a principal source of food of the cochineal insect.
  • cochineal insect — a Mexican homopterous insect, Dactylopius coccus, that feeds on cacti
  • 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
  • cock of the walk — a person who asserts himself or herself in a strutting pompous way
  • cog in the wheel — small part of a large system
  • coherent control — the use of nonrandom radiation, especially a laser beam, to change an atomic, electronic, or molecular system's behavior.
  • coital exanthema — a common venereal disease affecting horses and cattle, caused by a virus and characterized by the appearance of pustules on the mucous membranes of the genital organs and neighboring skin.
  • colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
  • columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
  • comparable worth — the doctrine that a woman's and man's pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities.
  • composite school — a secondary school offering both academic and nonacademic courses
  • cottage hospital — a small rural hospital
  • counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
  • cross-cut chisel — a chisel used for making grooves
  • crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
  • cyclohexamantane — (chemistry) A certain diamondoid, C26H30.
  • cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
  • cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
  • dealcoholization — to remove some or all of the alcohol from (a drink).
  • dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
  • depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
  • dorothy canfieldDorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • electrochemistry — The branch of chemistry that deals with the relations between electrical and chemical phenomena.
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
  • electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
  • electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
  • electronic flash — Photography
  • electrophilicity — (chemistry, uncountable) the condition of being electrophilic.
  • electrosynthesis — synthesis produced by means of an electric current
  • electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
  • encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
  • entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
  • epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
  • eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
  • escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
  • ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • extrachromosomal — Happening outside a chromosome.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • follow the crowd — copy what others are doing
  • french telephone — handset (def 1).
  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
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