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16-letter words containing or

  • circumlocutorily — In a circumlocutory manner.
  • circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
  • circumsporozoite — (biology, of a protein) Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS.
  • clitoridectomies — Plural form of clitoridectomy.
  • coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
  • coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
  • collaborationism — The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy.
  • collaborationist — A collaborationist government or individual is one that helps or gives support to the enemy during the war.
  • collector's item — A collector's item is an object which is highly valued by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
  • color television — tv set showing images in colour
  • colorado plateau — a plateau in the SW United States, in N Arizona, NW New Mexico, S Utah, and SW Colorado: location of the Grand Canyon.
  • colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
  • colorimetrically — (analytical chemistry) By means of colorimetry or by using a colorimeter.
  • column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
  • combination door — an outside door having a frame into which different types of panels can be inserted, as a screen for summer or storm sash for winter.
  • comedy of errors — an early comedy (1594) by Shakespeare.
  • commit to memory — to learn by heart; memorize
  • common-or-garden — You can use common-or-garden to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way.
  • community worker — someone who works for the benefit of a community, esp for a social service agency
  • commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
  • comparable worth — the doctrine that a woman's and man's pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities.
  • computer network — network
  • conciliatoriness — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
  • conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
  • 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.
  • convector heater — A convector heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
  • coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
  • cordon sanitaire — a guarded line serving to cut off an infected area
  • core description — A core description is a summary of the information about a rock sample, found by core analysis.
  • coreferentiality — (of two words or phrases) having reference to the same person or thing.
  • corkscrew flower — snailflower.
  • corned beef hash — a dish consisting of corned beef chopped and mixed together with mashed potatoes and various other ingredients, then fried
  • cornelian cherry — a flowering tree of the dogwood family Cornus mas
  • cornet à pistons — a three-valved brass instrument of the trumpet family. Written range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E below middle C. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or A
  • cornet-a-pistons — cornet (def 1).
  • cornhusker state — Nebraska (used as a nickname).
  • coromandel coast — the SE coast of India, along the Bay of Bengal, extending from Point Calimere to the mouth of the Krishna River
  • corona australis — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere between Ara and Pavo
  • corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
  • coronary cushion — a thick band of vascular tissue in the coronet of horses and other hoofed animals that secretes the horny wall of the hoof.
  • coroutine pascal — ["Control Separation in Programming languages", Lemon et al, ACM Ann Conf 1977].
  • corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
  • corporate ladder — the hierarchy of posts with a particular corporation or corporations in general
  • corporate lawyer — a lawyer who works for a corporation
  • corporate raider — A corporate raider is a person or organization that tries to take control of a company by buying a large number of its shares.
  • corporation stop — a cock controlling the flow of water or gas from mains to individual consumers.
  • correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
  • correction fluid — a fluid, usually white, that can be painted over a mistake in writing or typing so that the correct form can be written or typed on top
  • corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
  • counselor-at-law — a lawyer, esp one who conducts cases in court; attorney
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