21-letter words containing c, a, s, p, e, r
- special court-martial — a court-martial established to try violations of military law less serious than those tried by a general court-martial but more serious than those tried by a summary court-martial.
- spherical coordinates — Usually, spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes.
- splice the main brace — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- split-screen facility — a facility allowing different scenes to be shown on screen at the same time
- stabilization-process — the act or process of stabilizing or the state of being stabilized.
- stock list department — (in an American stock exchange) the department dealing with monitoring compliance with its listing requirements and rules
- stop loss reinsurance — Stop loss reinsurance is a form of reinsurance under which the reinsurer pays the cedant's losses in any year over a particular percentage of the earned premium.
- strachey, christopher — Christopher Strachey
- student participation — the extent to which students participate or involve themselves in a class, course, etc
- subliminal perception — perception of or reaction to a stimulus that occurs without awareness or consciousness
- sun protection factor — SPF.
- supergranulation cell — one of a number of large convection cells in the photosphere and chromosphere of the sun, each having a diameter of 10,000–20,000 miles (16,000–32,000 km) and lasting longer than a day.
- 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
- the supreme sacrifice — the sacrifice of one's life
- 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.
- third-party insurance — insurance that compensates for a loss to a party other than the insured for which the insured is liable.
- threshold wage policy — a policy whereby wages are increased in accordance with inflation
- topgallant forecastle — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; forecastle deck.
- trustee in bankruptcy — a person appointed by a court to administer the property of a bankrupt.
- up close and personal — face to face, intimately
- west university place — a city in SE Texas.
- 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