16-letter words containing ce
- chance one's arm — to attempt to do something although the chance of success may be slight
- chancellorsville — hamlet in NE Va. (now called Chancellor): site of a Civil War battle (May, 1863) won by Confederate forces
- chemiluminescent — Of, pertaining to, or employing chemiluminescence.
- chemoluminescent — (chemistry) Exhibiting chemoluminescence.
- chemoreceptivity — The ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus.
- chew the scenery — to overact, as in a play or film
- childcare center — a place or business offering childcare for working parents
- chinese crescent — crescent (def 6).
- chloracetic acid — chloroacetic acid.
- cinnamyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 12 O 2 , having a piquant, flowerlike odor: used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfumes.
- 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.
- code of practice — A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave.
- coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
- command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
- commonplace book — a notebook in which quotations, poems, remarks, etc, that catch the owner's attention are entered
- community center — A community center is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
- community centre — A community centre is a place that is specially provided for the people, groups, and organizations in a particular area, where they can go in order to meet one another and do things.
- complete lattice — A lattice is a partial ordering of a set under a relation where all finite subsets have a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound. A complete lattice also has these for infinite subsets. Every finite lattice is complete. Some authors drop the requirement for greatest lower bounds.
- complex sentence — a sentence containing at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
- computer science — the study of computers and their application
- concert promoter — an organizer of concerts and concert tours
- concertina crash — a collision in which vehicle after vehicle hits the one ahead in a sequence of events triggered by the first car crash
- concertina table — an extensible table having a hinged double top falling onto a hinged frame that unfolds like an accordion when pulled out.
- concession stand — a stall where food, drinks, or other items are sold at a theatre or other venue
- conference table — a large table, often rectangular, around which a number of people may be seated, as when holding a conference
- confidence level — a measure of the reliability of a result. A confidence level of 95 per cent or 0.95 means that there is a probability of at least 95 per cent that the result is reliable
- confidence trick — A confidence trick is a trick in which someone deceives you by telling you something that is not true, often to trick you out of money.
- conscience money — money paid voluntarily to compensate for dishonesty, esp money paid voluntarily for taxes formerly evaded
- convenience food — Convenience food is frozen, dried, or canned food that can be heated and prepared very quickly and easily.
- convergence zone — a zone where tectonic plates collide, typified by earthquakes, mountain formation, and volcanic activity
- coram non judice — before a court lacking the authority to hear and decide the case in question.
- counter-instance — a case or occurrence of anything: fresh instances of oppression.
- counter-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- counterevidences — Plural form of counterevidence.
- court appearance — the appearance of an accused person before a court
- court of justice — a legal court
- creation science — teaching and research based upon the belief that the biblical account of the creation of the world is scientific fact
- criminal justice — the system of law enforcement, involving police, lawyers, courts, and corrections, used for all stages of criminal proceedings and punishment.
- criminal offence — an action which is punishable under the law
- cross-resistance — immunologic resistance to the pathogenic effects of a microorganism because of previous exposure to another species or type having cross-reactive antigens.
- crossover bodice — a bodice which has one side crossing over the other
- croydon facelift — the tightening effect on the skin of a woman's face caused by securing the hair at the back of the head in a tight ponytail
- cumberland sauce — a cold sauce made from orange and lemon juice, port, and redcurrant jelly, served with ham, game, or other meat
- customer service — Customer service refers to the way that companies behave towards their customers, for example how well they treat them.
- cystourethrocele — A urethrocele occurring with a cystocele.
- cytotoxic t cell — a killer T cell
- d-glyceraldehyde — an isomer of glyceraldehyde in which the OH group is on the right side of the asymmetric carbon atom.
- de-concentration — to reduce the power or control of (a corporation, industry, etc.); decentralize.
- debut appearance — debut