16-letter words containing cri
- alizarin crimson — a pigment used in painting, derived from anthraquinone and characterized by its red color and transparency.
- circumscriptible — Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
- circumscriptions — Plural form of circumscription.
- core description — A core description is a summary of the information about a rock sample, found by core analysis.
- crime of passion — a crime, often a murder, committed from passion, esp sexual passion
- crime passionnel — a crime committed from passion, esp sexual passion
- crime prevention — official and police policies to prevent crime
- criminal assault — a punishable offence of attempting to harm another person through physical contact
- criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
- criminal offence — an action which is punishable under the law
- critical damping — the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
- critical density — the density of matter that would be required to halt the expansion of the universe
- critical section — A non-re-entrant piece of code that can only be executed by one process at a time. It will usually terminate in bounded time and a process will only have to wait a bounded time to enter it. Some synchronisation mechanism is required at the entry and exit of the critical section to ensure exclusive use.
- diacritical mark — any of various marks, as a macron or cedilla, added to a letter or symbol to indicate its pronunciation or to distinguish it in some way
- discriminability — The condition of being discriminable.
- discriminatingly — With discrimination.
- 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.
- endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
- hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- higher criticism — the study of the Bible having as its object the establishment of such facts as authorship and date of composition, as well as determination of a basis for exegesis.
- indescribability — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being indescribable.
- indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- indiscriminating — not discriminating.
- indiscrimination — an act or instance of not discriminating.
- indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
- lawson criterion — (in a hypothetical nuclear fusion reactor) the requirement that in order for the energy produced by fusion to exceed the energy expended in causing the fusion, the product of the density of the fuel and the time during which it is confined at that density (Lawson product) must be greater than a certain number that depends on the kind of fuel used.
- level descriptor — one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject
- mission-critical — essential for a project to launch
- mistranscription — the act or process of transcribing.
- over-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- oversubscription — to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.
- postscript point — (unit, text) The variant of the point used by Postscript, equal to 0.3527777778 mm, or 1/72 inch.
- pre-subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- prescription pad — a pad of prescriptions used by doctors, etc
- sacrificial lamb — If you refer to someone as a sacrificial lamb, you mean that they have been blamed unfairly for something they did not do, usually in order to protect another more powerful person or group.
- saint crispinian — Saint, See under Crispin, Saint.
- sangre de cristo — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Blanca Peak, 14,390 feet (4385 meters).
- scribbling block — scratch pad.
- self-description — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- self-descriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- self-sacrificial — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
- self-sacrificing — sacrifice of one's interests, desires, etc., as for duty or the good of another.
- undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
- undiscriminatory — 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.
- victimless crime — a legal offense, as prostitution or gambling, to which all participating parties have consented.
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