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17-letter words containing he

  • chemical reaction — a process that involves changes in the structure and energy content of atoms, molecules, or ions but not their nuclei
  • chemiluminescence — the phenomenon in which a chemical reaction leads to the emission of light without incandescence
  • chemoluminescence — (chemistry) The emission of light as the result of a chemical reaction.
  • chemopallidectomy — an operation for treating Parkinson's disease and certain other diseases characterized by muscular rigidity, consisting of destroying a specific part of the corpus striatum by injecting it with a chemical, usually alcohol.
  • chemoradiotherapy — (medicine) A combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy used to treat some cancers.
  • chemotherapeutics — chemotherapy.
  • cherchez la femme — look for the woman
  • chest compression — Chest compression is the act of applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation.
  • chest measurement — the circumference of the trunk, measured around the middle of the chest
  • chloracetophenone — chloroacetophenone.
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • clare boothe luce — Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • close parenthesis — right parenthesis
  • close the book on — to bring to a definite end
  • close the door on — rule out, exclude
  • close to the bone — If something is too close to the bone, it makes you feel uncomfortable because it is very close to the truth or to the real nature of something.
  • close to the wind — sailing as nearly as possible towards the direction from which the wind is blowing
  • cock of the woods — pileated woodpecker.
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • cohesionless soil — any free-running type of soil, such as sand or gravel, whose strength depends on friction between particles
  • coin of the realm — legal tender.
  • colloid chemistry — the study of colloids.
  • come to the party — to take part or become involved
  • committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
  • complexity theory — the study of complex systems, including subjects such as chaos theory and genetic algorithms
  • comprehensibility — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • comprehensiveness — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • concurrent scheme — (language)   A parallel Lisp, for the Mayfly by M. Swanson .
  • connecticut chest — a chest made in Connecticut in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, having three front panels of which the center panel has a conventional sunflower design in low relief and the end panels have tulip designs.
  • conscript fathers — august legislators, esp Roman senators
  • conspiracy theory — A conspiracy theory is a belief that a group of people are secretly trying to harm someone or achieve something. You usually use this term to suggest that you think this is unlikely.
  • continental shelf — The continental shelf is the area which forms the edge of a continent, ending in a steep slope to the depths of the ocean.
  • convection heater — A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
  • corner the market — dominate trade
  • cream of the crop — the best of a group
  • cross one's heart — to promise or pledge, esp by making the sign of a cross over one's heart
  • cross the rubicon — If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action.
  • d-shell connector — (hardware)   One of the family of connectors: DA-15, DB-25, DC-37, DD-50, DE-9, and DEH-15 [VGA]. The "D" is the shape of the shell, the next letter determines connector size, and the number is the maximum pin count.
  • dead in the water — If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.
  • dead to the world — unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk
  • death's-head moth — a European hawk moth, Acherontia atropos, having markings resembling a human skull on its upper thorax
  • debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
  • deduction theorem — the property of many formal systems that the conditional derived from a valid argument by taking the conjunction of the premises as antecedent and the conclusion as consequent is true
  • deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
  • desktop publisher — desktop publishing
  • dextroamphetamine — a dextrorotatory amphetamine, used to suppress appetite
  • diphenylacetylene — tolan.
  • diphenylhydantoin — a white, slightly water-soluble powder, C 15 H 11 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its sodium salt to prevent or arrest convulsions in epilepsy.
  • dipped headlights — road vehicle headlights which have been switched from the main to the lower beam
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