15-letter words containing to
- contradictorily — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- cooktown orchid — a purple Australian orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum, found in Queensland, of which it is the floral emblem
- copper-bottomed — If you describe something as copper-bottomed, you believe that it is certain to be successful.
- costochondritis — (medicine) A benign inflammation of the costal cartilage, causing pain between the ribs.
- cotton bollworm — corn earworm.
- cotton industry — the business of spinning and weaving cotton
- cottonseed cake — cotton cake.
- cottonseed meal — the residue of cottonseed kernels from which oil has been extracted, used as fodder or fertilizer
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
- crawler tractor — a tractor with a continuous roller belt over cogged wheels on each side, for moving over rough or muddy ground
- creditor nation — a nation that owes less to foreign and international bodies than they owe to it
- crestone needle — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,197 feet (4330 meters).
- cross tolerance — the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
- cross-tolerance — the resistance to one or more effects of a substance because of tolerance to a pharmacologically similar substance: a cross-tolerance of some alcoholics to anesthetics.
- cryptographical — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptosporidium — any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, species of which are parasites of birds and animals and can be transmitted to humans, causing severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea (cryptosporidiosis)
- cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
- curia rhaetorum — a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- customs officer — a person employed by a customs service
- customs service — The Customs Service is a United States federal organization which is responsible for collecting taxes on imported and exported goods. Compare Customs and Excise.
- cyclical stocks — shares which are highly sensitive to the business cycle and affected by the performance of the economy
- cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- cytophotometers — Plural form of cytophotometer.
- cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
- cytoplasmically — by means of a cytoplasm
- cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
- debenture stock — stock that pays a fixed rate of interest at fixed intervals
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
- dermatomyositis — a chronic medical condition characterized by inflammation of muscles (myositis), accompanied by a skin rash
- dermatophytosis — a fungal infection of the skin, esp the feet
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- destruct button — a button that, when pressed, causes a missile or rocket to destruct
- detective story — a story in which a detective tries to solve a crime
- dialectological — Of or relating to dialectology.
- diaphototropism — growth of a plant or plant part in a direction transverse to that of the light
- dichotomisation — Alternative spelling of dichotomization.
- dichotomization — The act of dichotomizing or the thing dichotomized; classification.
- dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
- dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
- dictatorialness — The state or quality of being dictatorial.
- differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
- dilatory motion — a formal proposal to be discussed and voted on in a debate whose effect is to interrupt the business under discussion at the time
- dimension stone — quarried and squared stone 2 feet (0.6 meters) or more in length and width and of specified thickness.