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17-letter words containing c, a, p, s

  • st. crispin's day — October 25: anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt (1415).
  • stand-up comedian — performer: tells jokes
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • storm in a teacup — a violent fuss or disturbance over a trivial matter
  • stray capacitance — undesired capacitance in equipment, occurring between the wiring, between the wiring and the chassis, or between components and the chassis
  • subscription rate — the price charged for a subscription
  • superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
  • supercolumniation — the placing of one order of columns above another.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • supreme commander — the military officer commanding all allied forces in a theater of war.
  • supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's own life: Many made the supreme sacrifice during the war.
  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • tactile corpuscle — an oval sense organ made of flattened cells and encapsulated nerve endings, occurring in hairless skin, as the tips of the fingers and toes, and functioning as a touch receptor.
  • take second place — If one thing takes second place to another, it is considered to be less important and is given less attention than the other thing.
  • teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • telescopic damper — a device with telescopic parts that reduce vibration in a motor vehicle
  • the peace process — negotiations (between governments, countries, ect) towards peace or the resolution of a conflict
  • the south pacific — the part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
  • this can't happen — can't happen
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • tip the scales at — to weigh (a specified amount)
  • topological space — a set with a collection of subsets or open sets satisfying the properties that the union of open sets is an open set, the intersection of two open sets is an open set, and the given set and the empty set are open sets.
  • transdermal patch — a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place: patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • twelve patriarchs — any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
  • uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • uncooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • undercompensation — to compensate or pay less than is fair, customary, or expected.
  • unpredictableness — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
  • utopian socialism — (sometimes initial capital letter) an economic system based on the premise that if capital voluntarily surrendered its ownership of the means of production to the state or the workers, unemployment and poverty would be abolished.
  • vacant possession — ownership of an unoccupied house or property, any previous owner or tenant having departed
  • vacuum aspiration — menstrual extraction.
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • vasovagal syncope — a faint brought on by excessive activity of the vagus nerve, causing the heart to slow and the blood pressure to fall. It can be caused by fear, choking, or stomach cramps and has no lasting effects
  • vice-presidential — relating to a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic
  • wage-price spiral — a situation in which wage and price increases drive each other upward and cause inflation
  • walleye surfperch — a common black and silvery surfperch (Hyperprosopon argenteum) found off the coast of California
  • war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
  • warehouse receipt — a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.
  • warm-up exercises — preparatory exercises done to warm up the muscles
  • weapons inspector — a person who inspects a country's weapons
  • well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
  • zygomatic process — any of several bony processes that articulate with the cheekbone.
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