16-letter words containing ete
- admirable bolete — an edible mushroom, Boletus mirabilis, of Rocky Mountain and Pacific northwestern evergreen forests, having a dark-red, scaly or woolly cap with yellow pores and a stout stem.
- aerometeorograph — an aircraft instrument that records temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure
- angular diameter — the angle that the apparent diameter of a celestial object subtends at the eye of the observer.
- astrometeorology — the study of the theoretical effects of astronomical bodies and forces on the earth's atmosphere.
- balloon catheter — a type of catheter with a tiny, inflatable balloon at the tip, used in various surgical procedures
- biodeterioration — biodegradation.
- biometeorologist — the scientific study of the effects of natural or artificial atmospheric conditions, as temperature and humidity, on living organisms.
- bomb calorimeter — a device for determining heats of combustion by igniting a sample in a high pressure of oxygen in a sealed vessel and measuring the resulting rise in temperature: used for measuring the calorific value of foods
- brittle diabetes — uncontrolled insulin disorder
- cardiotachometer — a device for counting heartbeats, usually displaying the number of beats per minute
- cervera y topete — Pascual [pahs-kwahl] /pɑsˈkwɑl/ (Show IPA), 1839–1909, Spanish admiral.
- chemoheterotroph — an organism that obtains its energy from the oxidation of organic compounds
- co-determination — a system of industrial management in which workers share responsibility for the operation of a company, as through elected representation on a corporate supervisory board
- complete lattice — A lattice is a partial ordering of a set under a relation where all finite subsets have a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound. A complete lattice also has these for infinite subsets. Every finite lattice is complete. Some authors drop the requirement for greatest lower bounds.
- 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
- dc potentiometer — A DC potentiometer is a potentiometer in which the supply is a battery and the balance is under direct current conditions.
- depleted uranium — Depleted uranium is a type of uranium that is used in some bombs.
- detective device — a device that detects or discovers the existence of something
- detention center — A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- detention centre — A detention centre is a sort of prison, for example a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
- determinableness — Capability of being determined; determinability.
- deterritorialize — (transitive) To subject to deterritorialization.
- erythrocytometer — an instrument for counting the number or measuring the size of red blood cells in a sample of blood
- eternal triangle — You use the eternal triangle to refer to a relationship involving love and jealousy between two men and a woman or two women and a man.
- for pete's sake! — an expression of frustration, exasperation or annoyance
- fortin barometer — an adjustable cistern barometer, the most common of those employing mercury.
- heterochromosome — sex chromosome.
- heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
- heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
- heteromultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more different polypeptide chains.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
- hydrometeorology — the study of atmospheric water, especially precipitation, as it affects agriculture, water supply, flood control, power generation, etc.
- immunocompetence — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
- impact parameter — the perpendicular distance from the original center of a set of scattering particles to the original line of motion of a particle being scattered.
- macrometeorology — the study of large-scale atmospheric phenomena, as the general circulation of the air or global weather conditions.
- marine barometer — a barometer for use on shipboard, especially one mounted on gimbals so as to minimize the effects of the motion of the vessel.
- meteorite crater — crater (def 2).
- meteorologically — In meteorological terms; in the context of weather.
- metes and bounds — the precisely described boundary lines of a parcel of land, as found in a deed
- micrometeorology — the study of local and small-scale atmospheric phenomena, usually confined to the physical and dynamic occurrences within a shallow stratum of air adjacent to the ground.
- micrometer screw — a screw with a fine thread of definite pitch, such as that of a micrometer gauge
- musique concrete — tape-recorded musical and natural sounds, often electronically distorted, arranged in planned combinations, sequences, and rhythmic patterns to create an artistic work.
- nondeterministic — the doctrine that all facts and events exemplify natural laws.
- peter pan collar — a close-fitting flat or rolled collar with rounded ends that meet in front of a high, round neckline.
- peter stuyvesant — Peter, 1592–1672, Dutch colonial administrator in the Americas: last governor of New Netherlands 1646–64.
- peter the hermit — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- photopolarimeter — a polarimeter that uses a photocell.
- pietermaritzburg — a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- precast concrete — ready-formed cement mixture
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