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16-letter words that end in d

  • call of the wild — a novel (1903) by Jack London.
  • capital employed — the money used by a business for buying land, buildings, equipment etc
  • catch red-handed — If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are in the act of doing something wrong.
  • catherine howard — Catherine, c1520–42, fifth wife of Henry VIII.
  • centrally heated — A centrally heated building or room has central heating.
  • chain of command — the various individual officers, ranks etc that constitute a hierarchy each level receiving orders from the one above it and passing on the orders to the one below
  • chichagof island — an island of Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 5439 sq km (2100 sq miles)
  • chiclet keyboard — (hardware, abuse)   A keyboard with a small, flat rectangular or lozenge-shaped rubber or plastic keys that look like pieces of Chiclets chewing gum. Used especially to describe the original IBM PCjr keyboard. Vendors unanimously liked these because they were cheap, and a lot of early portable and laptop computers were launched with them. Customers rejected the idea with almost equal unanimity, and chiclets are not often seen on anything larger than a digital watch any more.
  • chloracetic acid — chloroacetic acid.
  • chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
  • chlorophenol red — an acid-base indicator, C 19 H 12 Cl 2 O 5 S, that changes color from yellow to red as the acidity of a solution decreases.
  • christmas island — an island in the Indian Ocean, south of Java: administered by Singapore (1900–58), now by Australia; phosphate mining. Pop: 1496 (2013 est). Area: 135 sq km (52 sq miles)
  • circuit switched — circuit switching
  • circumstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate.
  • cisaconitic acid — a stereoisomer of 1-propene-1,2,3 tricarboxylic acid, C 6 H 6 O 6 , an important intermediate in the Krebs cycle.
  • class background — a person's background with reference to social class
  • clermont-ferrand — a city in S central France: capital of Puy-de-Dôme department; industrial centre. Pop: 140 957 (2011)
  • close by/at hand — Something that is close by or close at hand is near to you.
  • closed-captioned — (of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder
  • come from behind — sport: win from a disadvantaged position
  • concession stand — a stall where food, drinks, or other items are sold at a theatre or other venue
  • consubstantiated — Simple past tense and past participle of consubstantiate.
  • consumption weed — groundsel tree.
  • contingency fund — a sum of money allocated for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
  • convenience food — Convenience food is frozen, dried, or canned food that can be heated and prepared very quickly and easily.
  • conventionalised — to make conventional.
  • conventionalized — to make conventional.
  • convertible bond — a bond that can be exchanged for a fixed number of shares of the common stock of the issuing company at the holder's option.
  • corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
  • 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
  • cross one's mind — to occur to one briefly or suddenly
  • cutting compound — a mixture, such as oil, water, and soap, used for cooling drills and other cutting tools
  • decanedioic acid — a white crystalline carboxylic acid obtained by heating castor oil with sodium hydroxide, used in the manufacture of polyester resins and rubbers and plasticizers. Formula: HOOC(CH2)8COOH
  • decontextualized — removed from the usual context
  • dedifferentiated — That has undergone dedifferentiation.
  • deindustrialised — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialise.
  • deindustrialized — Simple past tense and past participle of deindustrialize.
  • demolition squad — a group of demolishers
  • departmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of departmentalize.
  • dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
  • developing world — Third World: poor countries
  • dew-point spread — the degrees of difference between the air temperature and the dew point
  • dimly-remembered — recalled in an unclear or vague way
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • discovery method — a largely unstructured, situational method or philosophy of teaching whereby students are permitted to find solutions to problems on their own or at their own pace, often jointly in group activities, either independent of or under the guidance of a teacher.
  • discussion board — a website or section of a website that is used for public discussion of a specific topic and on which users can submit or read messages: You should post your questions on a parenting message board and get support from other parents.
  • display standard — (hardware, standard)   IBM and others have introduced a bewildering plethora of graphics and text display standards for IBM PCs. The standards are mostly implemented by plugging in a video display board (or "graphics adaptor") and connecting the appropriate monitor to it. Each new standard subsumes its predecessors. For example, an EGA board can also do CGA and MDA. With the PS/2, IBM introduced the VGA standard and built it into the main system board motherboard. VGA is also available as a plug-in board for PCs from third-party vendors. Also with the PS/2, IBM introduced the 8514 high-resolution graphics standard. An 8514 adaptor board plugs into the PS/2, providing a dual-monitor capability. Graphics software had to support the major IBM graphics standards and many non-IBM, proprietary standards for displays. Either software vendors provided display drivers or display vendors provided drivers for the software package. In either case, switching software or switching display systems was fraught with compatibility problems. More colours are available from third-party vendors for some display types. See also MDA, CGA, EGA, PGA, Hercules, MCGA, VGA, SVGA, 8514, VESA.
  • do oneself proud — to do extremely well
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • double-barrelled — A double-barrelled gun has two barrels.
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