16-letter words containing ra
- chamber of trade — a national organization representing local chambers of commerce
- character armour — the defence an individual exhibits to others and to himself or herself to disguise his or her underlying weaknesses: a term coined by William Reich
- character comedy — comedy, or a comedy, in which the main source of humour is in the character of the people represented in it
- character sketch — a brief description or portrayal of a person's character, qualities, etc
- character string — a series of characters that can be manipulated as a group, but do not necessarily represent anything
- characterisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of characterization.
- characteristical — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- characterization — Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like.
- chase the dragon — to smoke opium or heroin
- chemotherapeutic — of or used in chemotherapy
- chest of drawers — A chest of drawers is a low, flat piece of furniture with drawers in which you keep clothes and other things.
- chloracetic acid — chloroacetic acid.
- chlorpheniramine — an antihistaminic compound, C 20 H 23 ClN 2 O 4 , used in treating the symptoms of allergies.
- cholangiographic — Relating to cholangiography.
- cholecystography — radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
- cholera infantum — an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.
- chromatographies — Plural form of chromatography.
- chromolithograph — a picture produced by chromolithography
- circuit training — Circuit training is a type of physical training in which you do a series of different exercises, each for a few minutes.
- citronella grass — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- clearance volume — The clearance volume is the volume remaining above the piston of an engine when it reaches top dead center.
- clearance-papers — the act of clearing.
- clermont-ferrand — a city in S central France: capital of Puy-de-Dôme department; industrial centre. Pop: 140 957 (2011)
- coadministration — Joint administration.
- cobra de capello — a cobra, Naja tripudians, that has ringlike markings on the body and exists in many varieties in S and SE Asia
- code of practice — A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave.
- 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.
- college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
- colles' fracture — a fracture of the radius just above the wrist, with backward and outward displacement of the hand
- 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)
- column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- commensurateness — The state or quality of being commensurate.
- comparable worth — the doctrine that a woman's and man's pay should be equal when their work requires equal training, skills, and responsibilities.
- complex fraction — a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions
- compute parallel — (language) (Compel) The first single-assignment language.
- computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
- concertina crash — a collision in which vehicle after vehicle hits the one ahead in a sequence of events triggered by the first car crash
- confederationism — The advocacy of confederation as a means of government.
- confederationist — A supporter of confederation.
- configurationism — Gestalt psychology
- conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
- consumer durable — Consumer durables are goods which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- 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.
- content curation — the selection, organization, and presentation of (usually) online material, either manually or by a computer program
- contrabassoonist — Someone who plays the contrabassoon.
- contract killing — a murder carried out in fulfilment of a contract
- contractarianism — any of various theories that justify moral principles and political choices because they depend on a social contract involving certain ideal conditions, as lack of ignorance or uncertainty.