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18-letter words containing co

  • bone of contention — If a particular matter or issue is a bone of contention, it is the subject of a disagreement or argument.
  • boundary condition — a stated restriction, usually in the form of an equation, that limits the possible solutions to a differential equation.
  • boundedly complete — (theory)   (Or "consistently complete") In domain theory, a complete partial order is boundedly complete if every bounded subset has a least upper bound.
  • breach of contract — the act of breaking the conditions of a contract
  • brightness control — a control that enables the brightness of the image on a television screen, computer monitor, etc to be adjusted
  • burrell collection — a gallery in Glasgow, noted for its collection of paintings, textiles, furniture, ceramics, etc
  • byte-code compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which outputs a program in some kind of byte-code. Compare: byte-code interpreter.
  • call to the colors — call or order to serve in the armed forces
  • calling convention — (programming)   The arrangement of arguments for a procedure or function call. Different programming languages may require arguments to be pushed onto a stack or entered in registers in left-to-right or right-to left order, and either the caller or the callee can be responsible for removing the arguments. The calling convention also determines if a variable number of arguments is allowed.
  • calliper compasses — an instrument for measuring internal or external dimensions, consisting of two steel legs hinged together
  • camp david accords — a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt issuing from talks at Camp David between Egyptian President Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Begin, and the host, U.S. President Carter: signed in 1979.
  • captain james cook — Frederick Albert, 1865–1940, U.S. physician and polar explorer.
  • castration complex — an unconscious fear of having one's genitals removed, as a punishment for wishing to have sex with a parent
  • ceiling decoration — a plaster moulding for the centre of a ceiling; other decoration, such as coving
  • centum call second — (unit)   (CCS) A unit used (in North America) to quantify the total traffic running in a network. 1 CCS is 100 call-seconds. That means 1 CCS could be 2 calls of 50 seconds duration or 20 calls of 5 seconds duration.
  • character encoding — (character)   (Or "character encoding scheme") A mapping between binary data values and character code positions (or "code points"). Early systems stored characters in a variety of ways, e.g. four six-bit characters in a 24-bit word, but around 1960, eight-bit bytes started to become the most common data storage layout, with each character stored in one byte, typically in the ASCII character set. In the case of ASCII, the character encoding is an identity mapping: code position 65 maps to the byte value 65. This is possible because ASCII uses only code positions representable as single bytes, i.e., values between 0 and 255. (US-ASCII only uses values 0 to 127, in fact.) From the late 1990s, there was increased use of larger character sets such as Unicode and many CJK coded character sets. These can represent characters from many languages and more symbols.
  • charge conjugation — the mathematical operation of replacing every elementary particle by its antiparticle. Symbol: C.
  • chocolate-coloured — dark brown
  • chronic alcoholism — long-term alcohol addiction
  • church of scotland — the established church in Scotland, Calvinist in doctrine and Presbyterian in constitution
  • clay-colored robin — any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
  • closed corporation — a corporation the stock of which is owned by a small number of persons and is rarely traded on the open market
  • closure conversion — (theory)   The transformation of continuation passing style code so that the only free variables of functions are names of other functions. See also Lambda lifting.
  • coals to newcastle — If someone is taking coals to Newcastle, they are trying to give or sell someone something that they already have a lot of.
  • coast rhododendron — a rhododendron, Rhododendron macrophyllum, of western North America, having large clusters of rose-purple flowers spotted with brown: the state flower of Washington.
  • coast-guard cutter — a cutter used by the U.S. Coast Guard.
  • coastguard station — the headquarters or local offices of a coastguard
  • cobalt violet deep — a medium to strong purple color.
  • coccidioidomycosis — a disease of the skin or viscera, esp the lungs, caused by infection with the fungus Coccidioides immitis
  • cock-a-leekie soup — a soup made from a fowl boiled with leeks
  • coffee-table music — unadventurous music
  • cognitive ethology — a branch of ethology concerned with the influence of conscious awareness and intention on the behaviour of an animal
  • coiled tubing unit — A coiled tubing unit is all of the equipment needed to carry out coiled tubing drilling.
  • coitus interruptus — the deliberate withdrawal of the penis from the vagina before ejaculation
  • collagen injection — an injection of collagen into the lip in order to give it a fuller appearance
  • collection charges — the charges levied to cover expenses for the collection of debt
  • college of justice — the official name for the Scottish Court of Session; the supreme court of Scotland
  • collision coverage — Collision coverage is insurance cover for vehicle accidents.
  • collision diameter — the distance between the centers of two colliding molecules when at their closest point of approach.
  • colloidal solution — a mixture having particles of one component, with diameters between 10 −7 and 10 −9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase of another component. The mixture has properties between those of a solution and a fine suspension
  • colonic irrigation — Colonic irrigation is a medical procedure in which a person's colon is washed by injecting water or other fluids into it.
  • color transparency — a positive color image photographically produced on transparent film or glass and viewed by transmitted light, usually by projection.
  • colorado red cedar — Rocky Mountain juniper.
  • colossus of rhodes — a giant bronze statue of Apollo built on Rhodes in about 292–280 bc; destroyed by an earthquake in 225 bc; one of the Seven Wonders of the World
  • colour commentator — a sports celebrity who works as part of a commentary team
  • colour photography — the art or process of taking and developing photographs in colour
  • colour temperature — the temperature of a black-body radiator at which it would emit radiation of the same chromaticity as the light under consideration
  • comb-footed spider — any of numerous spiders constituting the family Theridiidae, having a comblike row of bristles on the tarsi of the hind legs.
  • combination square — an adjustable device for carpenters, used as a try square, miter square, level, etc.
  • combined operation — a military operation carried out jointly by allied forces
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