18-letter words containing a, t, c, l
- technical reserves — Technical reserves are amounts of money set aside to pay for underwriting liabilities.
- technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
- tectorial membrane — membrane in the inner ear that covers the organ of Corti
- tele-communication — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
- telecommunications — Sometimes, telecommunication. (used with a singular verb) the transmission of information, as words, sounds, or images, usually over great distances, in the form of electromagnetic signals, as by telegraph, telephone, radio, or television.
- telephone exchange — a telecommunications facility to which subscribers' telephones connect, that switches calls among subscribers or to other exchanges for further routing.
- television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
- television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
- tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
- tetrachloromethane — carbon tetrachloride.
- the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
- the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
- the class struggle — the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power
- the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
- the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
- the electric chair — an electrified chair for executing criminals
- the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
- the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
- the general public — the people in a society; people in general
- the north atlantic — the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the waters separating North America and Europe
- the practicalities — the real facts or details of a situation, as opposed to its theoretical aspects
- the scarlet letter — a novel (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
- the-cocktail-party — a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot.
- theater of cruelty — a form of surrealist theater originated by Antonin Artaud and emphasizing the cruelty of human existence by portraying sadistic acts and intense suffering.
- theatre of cruelty — a type of theatre advocated by Antonin Artaud in Le Théâtre et son double that seeks to communicate to its audience a sense of pain, suffering, and evil, using gesture, movement, sound, and symbolism rather than language
- theodore gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3
- tick all the boxes — to satisfy all of the apparent requirements for success
- to all appearances — apparently
- to clear the decks — If you clear the decks, you get ready to start something new by finishing any work that has to be done or getting rid of any problems that are in the way.
- to fall from grace — If someone falls from grace, they suddenly stop being successful or popular.
- to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
- to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
- to lay it on thick — If someone is laying it on thick or is laying it on, they are exaggerating a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people.
- to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
- to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- touch-in-goal line — either of the two touchlines at each end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
- traditional policy — a life assurance policy in which the policyholder's premiums are paid into a general fund and his or her investment benefits are calculated according to actuarial formulae
- traffic controller — a person whose job is to control the flow of air traffic
- transcendental ego — (in Kantian epistemology) that part of the self that is the subject and never the object.
- translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
- traveller's cheque — Traveller's cheques are cheques that you buy at a bank and take with you when you travel, for example so that you can exchange them for the currency of the country that you are in.
- triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
- trickle irrigation — drip irrigation.
- truck center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.