16-letter words that end in t
- cream-of-coconut — Also called cream of coconut. a creamy white liquid skimmed from the top of coconut milk that has been made by soaking grated coconut meat in water, used in East Indian cookery, mixed drinks, etc.
- crease-resistant — (of a fabric, garment, etc) designed to remain uncreased when subjected to wear or use
- creature comfort — anything providing bodily comfort, as food, clothing, or shelter
- criminal assault — a punishable offence of attempting to harm another person through physical contact
- cromwell current — an equatorial Pacific current, flowing eastward from the Hawaiian Islands to the Galápagos Islands
- 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
- customary tenant — a tenant occupying a property under the customs of the manor, often a low-status tenant with little security of tenure
- customer support — Customer support is a service provided to help customers resolve any technical problems that they may have with a product or service.
- cut one's throat — to bring about one's own ruin
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- database analyst — (job) A person who uses data modeling to analyse and specify data use within an application area. A database analyst defines both logical views and physical data structures. In a client/server environment, he defines the database part of the back end system.
- david g farragut — David Glasgow, 1801–70, U.S. admiral: won the battles of New Orleans and Mobile Bay for the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
- davidson current — a winter countercurrent that flows N along the W coast of the U.S.
- day of atonement — Yom Kippur
- dead-man's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- decision support — Software used to aid management decision making, typically relying on a decision support database.
- deep in the past — long ago
- degrees of frost — When someone says that there are a particular number of degrees of frost they mean that the temperature is that number of degrees below freezing point.
- dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
- destroyer escort — a lightly armed warship smaller than a destroyer, designed to escort fleets or convoys
- developmentalist — an expert in or advocate of developmental psychology.
- devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
- diamond district — the part of a town where diamond merchants and jewellers have their businesses
- direct-mail shot — the posting of unsolicited sales literature to potential customers' homes or business addresses
- directed verdict — an order by a judge to a jury to find a verdict because the facts proved are indisputable.
- disappearing act — magic trick
- disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
- disembarrassment — Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.
- disestablishment — to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- disfranchisement — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping
- divisional court — a high court in which at least two judges sit
- domestic servant — person employed to do household chores
- don't mention it — you're welcome
- drag coefficient — a measure of the drag of an object in a moving fluid, esp air
- ducktail-haircut — DA.
- duplex apartment — an apartment with rooms on two connected floors.
- early retirement — retirement before established age
- ebony spleenwort — a fern, Asplenium platyneuron, of woody areas of North America, having ladderlike leaves and shiny, dark brown stems.
- economic migrant — person: seeks work abroad
- electric blanket — electrically-heated bedcover
- electric current — flow of electricity
- electrical fault — a fault caused by something electrical
- electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
- embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
- endocranial cast — a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
- energy-efficient — A device or building that is energy-efficient uses relatively little energy to provide the power it needs.
- environmentalist — A person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.
- exchange student — sb who studies abroad
- exciting current — the current in a field winding.