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21-letter words containing a, s, e, t, b, c

  • push the panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
  • put sb in their place — If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are.
  • put someone's back up — to annoy someone
  • saponification number — the number of milligrams of potassium hydroxide required to saponify one gram of a given ester, especially a glyceride.
  • satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
  • scarlet runner (bean) — a climbing bean plant (Phaseolus coccineus) of tropical America, having pods with large, edible, red-and-black seeds and usually having scarlet flowers: often grown in cold climates as an ornamental
  • space shuttle orbiter — orbiter (def 1).
  • spicebush swallowtail — a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio troilus, having a dark body with yellow spots on the forewings and greenish hind wings.
  • splice the main brace — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
  • stabilization-process — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
  • steer clear of sb/sth — If you steer clear of someone or something, you deliberately avoid them.
  • subliminal perception — perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness
  • subsistence allowance — money given in advance to a new soldier, employee, etc., to buy food, clothing, and pay for other necessities while awaiting a first pay.
  • substitution instance — an expression so derived from another
  • substitution reaction — the replacement of an atom or group of atoms in a compound by another atom or group.
  • sympathetic vibration — a vibration induced by resonance.
  • tetrabromofluorescein — eosin (def 1).
  • 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
  • throw sb a curve ball — If someone throws you a curve or throws you a curve ball, they surprise you by doing something that you do not expect.
  • 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 be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
  • to change the subject — When someone involved in a conversation changes the subject, they start talking about something else, often because the previous subject was embarrassing.
  • to get back to basics — to revert to a simpler method, eg of living or doing business
  • total recoverable gas — Total recoverable gas is the amount of gas which is still left in the ground in gas fields that have already been worked.
  • transcendental number — a number that is not a root of any algebraic equation having integral coefficients, as π or e .
  • trustee in bankruptcy — a person appointed by a court to administer the property of a bankrupt.
  • tubercular meningitis — an infection of the membranes of the central nervous system caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis; features can include fever, headache, and coma
  • vacation bible school — a religious school conducted by some churches during the summer for students on vacation.
  • writ of habeas corpus — law: petition for hearing
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