16-letter words containing es
- chinese pavilion — crescent (def 6).
- chinese primrose — any plant of the genus Primula, as P. vulgaris (English primrose) of Europe, having yellow flowers, or P. sinensis (Chinese primrose) of China, having flowers in a variety of colors. Compare primrose family.
- chinese shar-pei — Shar-Pei.
- chinese snowball — a Chinese shrub, Viburnum macrocephalum, of the honeysuckle family, having scurfy, hairy twigs, hairy leaves, and white flowers in large, showy, globelike clusters.
- chinese whispers — a game in which a message is passed on, in a whisper, by each of a number of people, so that the final version of the message is often radically changed from the original
- chinese windlass — differential windlass
- chinese wisteria — a high-climbing Chinese vine, Wisteria sinensis, of the legume family, having hanging clusters of fragrant, bluish-violet flowers and long, velvety pods.
- chinese wood oil — tung oil.
- chinese-hibiscus — Also called Bengal rose. a rose, Rosa chinensis, of China, having slightly fragrant crimson, pink, or white flowers.
- chinese-pavilion — a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends.
- chipped potatoes — chips
- cholesterolaemia — the presence of abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the blood
- chopped tomatoes — tomatoes cut into pieces
- chromatographies — Plural form of chromatography.
- circumstantiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumstantiate.
- citizen's arrest — If someone makes a citizen's arrest, they catch someone who they believe has committed a crime and inform the police.
- civilian clothes — not military uniform
- clearsightedness — The property of being clearsighted.
- clinically obese — overweight to a degree which causes medical complications
- clitoridectomies — Plural form of clitoridectomy.
- close one's eyes — to die
- colles' fracture — a fracture of the radius just above the wrist, with backward and outward displacement of the hand
- come-to-bed eyes — a sexually alluring expression
- commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
- communicableness — The state or quality of being communicable.
- commutation-test — the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange.
- company of jesus — former name of the Society of Jesus.
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- compressed video — video compression
- compression wave — a shock wave that compresses the medium through which it is transmitted.
- computer studies — a course of study devoted to using and programming computers
- concession stand — a stall where food, drinks, or other items are sold at a theatre or other venue
- conciliatoriness — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- confidentialness — The state or quality of being confidential.
- congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
- conscionableness — the state of being conscionable
- conservativeness — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- constructiveness — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- contemporariness — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contemptibleness — The state or quality of being contemptible.
- contemptuousness — showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful.
- continuous waves — radio waves generated as a continuous train of oscillations having a constant frequency and amplitude
- controllableness — The state of being controllable; the capability of being controlled.
- contumaciousness — The property of being contumacious.
- contumeliousness — The state or quality of being contumelious.
- conventionalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conventionalize.
- core description — A core description is a summary of the information about a rock sample, found by core analysis.
- costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
- counter-response — an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.