16-letter words containing a, b, d, i, c, t
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- publication date — the date on which a book or periodical is or is planned to be published.
- rectus abdominis — a long flat muscle that extends along the whole length of both sides of the abdomen. It flexes the vertebral column, particularly the lumbar portion; it also tenses the anterior abdominal wall and assists in compressing the abdominal contents
- roundabout chair — corner chair.
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sodium carbonate — Also called soda ash. an anhydrous, grayish-white, odorless, water-soluble powder, Na 2 CO 3 , usually obtained by the Solvay process and containing about 1 percent of impurities consisting of sulfates, chlorides, and bicarbonates of sodium: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, soaps, paper, petroleum products, sodium salts, as a cleanser, for bleaching, and in water treatment.
- tobacco industry — business of selling smoking products
- tridarn cupboard — a Welsh cupboard of the late 17th and 18th centuries, with an open, canopied upper section for display.
- tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
- typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
- uncontradictable — to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
- unpredictability — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- verbal adjective — an adjective derived from a verb, as, in English, smiling in smiling eyes, or, in Greek, batós “going,” “moving,” derived from baínen “to go,” “to move.”.