16-letter words containing to
- clitoridectomies — Plural form of clitoridectomy.
- cogito, ergo sum — I think, therefore I am; the basis of Descartes' philosophy
- collector's item — A collector's item is an object which is highly valued by collectors because it is rare or beautiful.
- column extractor — A column extractor is a tall vessel in which one liquid removes something from another liquid using physical contact.
- come-to-bed eyes — a sexually alluring expression
- commit to memory — to learn by heart; memorize
- commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
- complicitousness — (rare, possibly nonstandard) Complicity.
- conciliatoriness — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
- contour feathers — feathers that form the surface plumage of a bird and determine the outer contour, including the wing and tail feathers
- contour interval — the difference in altitude represented by the space between two contour lines on a map
- convector heater — A convector heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
- 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).
- corporation stop — a cock controlling the flow of water or gas from mains to individual consumers.
- cracked up to be — alleged or believed to be
- crown prosecutor — In Britain, a crown prosecutor is a lawyer who works for the state and who prosecutes people who are accused of crimes.
- cryptozoological — (cryptozoology) Of or pertaining to cryptozoology.
- cryptozoologists — Plural form of cryptozoologist.
- 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
- curbstone broker — a broker in the early American stockmarket who did business in the street
- customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
- customer profile — a description or analysis of a typical or ideal customer for one's business
- customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
- customer support — Customer support is a service provided to help customers resolve any technical problems that they may have with a product or service.
- cut down to size — to reduce the prestige or importance of
- cut to the chase — If someone cuts to the chase, they start talking about or dealing with what is important, instead of less important things.
- cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- cute as a button — very sweet, adorable
- cutoff frequency — a frequency level above or below which a device fails to respond or operate efficiently
- cygnus tcl tools — (tool) A rebundling of Tcl and Tk into the Cygnus GNU build framework with "configure" by david d 'zoo' zuhn <[email protected]>.
- cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
- cytoarchitecture — (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- cytotoxic t cell — a killer T cell
- cytotrophoblasts — Plural form of cytotrophoblast.
- dacryocystectomy — The surgical removal of a part of the lacrimal sac.
- dakota territory — a territory in the N central U.S., from 1861 to 1868 comprising present-day North Dakota and South Dakota, and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
- day of atonement — Yom Kippur
- department store — A department store is a large shop which sells many different kinds of goods.
- dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
- desktop database — Macintosh file system
- deterritorialize — (transitive) To subject to deterritorialization.
- dick whittington — Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
- diethyltoluamide — a liquid, C 12 H 17 NO, used as an insect repellent and resin solvent.
- dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
- dip one's toe in — to begin doing or try something new or unfamiliar
- director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- director's chair — a lightweight folding armchair with transversely crossed legs and having a canvas seat and back panel, as traditionally used by motion-picture directors.