16-letter words containing ld
- hold one's peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- holder condition — Lipschitz condition.
- hopfield network — (artificial intelligence) (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
- hot cold-working — metalworking at considerable heat but below the temperature at which the metal recrystallizes: a form of cold-working.
- household chores — tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- hundred-year-old — of one hundred years of age
- l-glyceraldehyde — the levorotatory optical isomer of glyceraldehyde.
- la rochefoucauld — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 6th Duc de, 1613–80, French moralist and composer of epigrams and maxims.
- leasehold reform — reform of the law relating to leasehold property
- machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
- man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- new world monkey — any of various arboreal anthropoid primates of the group or superfamily Platyrrhini, inhabiting forests from Mexico to Argentina and typically having a hairy face, widely separated nostrils, long arms, and a long, prehensile tail, and including the capuchin, douroucouli, howler monkey, marmoset, saki, spider monkey, squirrel monkey, titi, uakari, and woolly monkey.
- north plainfield — a city in NE New Jersey.
- off-the-shoulder — not covering the shoulder
- old north french — the dialect of Old French spoken in northern France. Abbreviation: ONF.
- old world monkey — any of various anthropoid primates of the family Cercopithecidae, of Africa, the Arabian peninsula, and Asia, typically having a hairless face, forward- or downward-directed nostrils, relatively short arms, flat nails, and either having a rudimentary tail or using the tail for balance rather than grasping, and including the baboon, colobus monkey, guenon, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, proboscis, and talapoin.
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- on a world scale — in a way that involves the whole world
- oriental emerald — a green variety of corundum used as a gemstone
- otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
- padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape
- paraformaldehyde — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pressure welding — the welding together of two objects by holding them together under pressure.
- pyruvic aldehyde — a yellow, liquid compound, C 3 H 4 O 2 , containing both an aldehyde and a ketone group, usually obtained in a polymeric form: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- quick with child — pregnant, esp being in an advanced state of pregnancy, when the movements of the fetus can be felt
- redemption yield — the yield produced by a redeemable gilt-edged security taking into account the annual interest it pays and an annualized amount to account for any profit or loss when it is redeemed
- returned soldier — a soldier who has served abroad
- round-shouldered — having the shoulders bent forward, giving a rounded form to the upper part of the back.
- school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
- second childhood — senility; dotage.
- second world war — World War II.
- sheffield shield — (in Australia) the former name for the trophy of the annual interstate cricket competition
- shoulder harness — the part of a seat belt that goes over the shoulder and diagonally across the chest.
- shoulder holster — a holster that is worn on the shoulder
- shoulder surfing — a form of credit-card fraud in which the perpetrator stands behind and looks over the shoulder of the victim as he or she withdraws money from an automated teller machine, memorizes the card details, and later steals the card
- sole stockholder — the only person who holds shares in a business
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- stone-cold sober — If someone is stone-cold sober, they are not drunk at all.
- sutton coldfield — a town in central England, in Birmingham unitary authority, West Midlands; a residential suburb of Birmingham. Pop: 105 452 (2001)
- teutoburger wald — a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d.
- the christ child — a very reverential way of referring to Jesus Christ as a child, used particularly when referring to art
- the old dominion — a nickname for the US state of Virginia