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21-letter words containing a, c, e, s, p, o

  • surface of projection — the surface upon which an image or a set of points is projected.
  • sympathetic vibration — a vibration induced by resonance.
  • tenure track position — a position or office that carries with it the opportunity to eventually obtain tenure or the right to permanent employment
  • terrestrial telescope — a refracting telescope having inverting lenses or an eyepiece that presents an erect image.
  • the acting profession — actors considered as a group
  • the central provinces — the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec
  • the press association — the national news agency for the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • the probation service — a criminal justice service that is mainly responsible for dealing with offenders by placing them under the supervision of a probation officer
  • the shipping forecast — a radio broadcast made by the BBC of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles
  • theoretical physicist — a scientist who studies theoretical physics
  • thermal decomposition — Thermal decomposition is the process in which a chemical species breaks down when its temperature is increased.
  • threshold wage policy — a policy whereby wages are increased in accordance with inflation
  • to be a hospital case — if you say that someone or something is a hospital case, you mean that they need urgent help because they are doing very badly
  • to play second fiddle — If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.
  • topgallant forecastle — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; forecastle deck.
  • up close and personal — face to face, intimately
  • what price something? — what are the chances of something happening now?
  • white-crowned sparrow — a North American sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, having black and white stripes on the head.
  • wholesale price index — an indicator of price changes in the wholesale market
  • workers' compensation — a government-sponsored insurance system, funded by contributions from employers, for compensating employees for injury or occupational disease suffered in connection with their employment
  • writ of habeas corpus — law: petition for hearing
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