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16-letter words containing t, u, m, o

  • brompton mixture — a mixture of narcotics, tranquilizers, and alcohol, used to kill pain for terminally ill patients
  • brown house moth — a species of micro moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
  • buckthorn family — the plant family Rhamnaceae, characterized by shrubs and trees having alternate, simple leaves, clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a drupe or capsule, and including the buckthorn, cascara, and New Jersey tea.
  • bumper to bumper — If traffic is bumper to bumper, the vehicles are so close to one another that they are almost touching and are moving very slowly.
  • bumper-to-bumper — marked by a long line of cars moving slowly or with many stops and starts, one behind the other: bumper-to-bumper traffic.
  • burkitt lymphoma — a rare type of tumour of the white blood cells, occurring mainly in Africa and associated with infection by Epstein-Barr virus
  • by word of mouth — orally rather than by written means
  • camborne-redruth — a former (until 1974) urban district in SW England, in Cornwall: formed in 1934 by the amalgamation of the neighbouring towns of Camborne and Redruth. Pop: 39 936 (2001)
  • century meltdown — Year 2000
  • character armour — the defence an individual exhibits to others and to himself or herself to disguise his or her underlying weaknesses: a term coined by William Reich
  • chemoautotrophic — producing organic matter by the use of energy obtained by oxidation of certain chemicals with carbon dioxide as the carbon source
  • chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.
  • chemotherapeutic — of or used in chemotherapy
  • cholera infantum — an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.
  • chromatic number — (mathematics)   The smallest number of colours necessary to colour the nodes of a graph so that no two adjacent nodes have the same colour. See also: four colour map theorem.
  • chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
  • circumambulation — The act of walking around something in a circle, especially for a ritual purpose.
  • circumlocutional — Of or relating to circumlocution : circumlocutionary.
  • circumlocutorily — In a circumlocutory manner.
  • circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
  • circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
  • circumscriptions — Plural form of circumscription.
  • circumsporozoite — (biology, of a protein) Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS.
  • clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
  • closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
  • closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
  • cogito, ergo sum — I think, therefore I am; the basis of Descartes' philosophy
  • columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
  • combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
  • commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
  • commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
  • communitarianism — A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
  • community action — campaigns undertaken by the people living in a particular place
  • community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • community church — an independent or denominational church in a particular community.
  • community leader — a leading figure in a community
  • community school — a school offering some nonacademic activities related to life in a particular community and often serving as a community centre
  • community spirit — willingness and desire to participate in activities that promote a community
  • community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
  • commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
  • commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
  • complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
  • composite number — a positive integer that can be factorized into two or more other positive integers
  • compute parallel — (language)   (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
  • computer network — network
  • computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
  • computer science — the study of computers and their application
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