19-letter words containing c, e, p, h, a
- rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
- rap on the knuckles — a mild reprimand or light sentence
- reciprocal exchange — an unincorporated association formed so that its members can participate in reciprocal insurance.
- republique malgache — French name of Malagasy Republic.
- research fellowship — the position or office of someone who conducts academic research into a subject at a university, etc
- resorcinolphthalein — fluorescein.
- ring up the curtain — to begin a theatrical performance
- samuel de champlain — Samuel de [sam-yoo-uh l duh;; French sa-my-el duh] /ˈsæm yu əl də;; French sa müˈɛl də/ (Show IPA), 1567–1635, French explorer in the Americas: founder of Quebec; first colonial governor 1633–35.
- scare the pants off — to scare extremely
- sharp-focus realism — photorealism.
- shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
- simple carbohydrate — a carbohydrate, as glucose, that consists of a single monosaccharide unit.
- sleepy hollow chair — an armchair of the mid-19th century, sometimes on rockers, having a single piece forming a high upholstered back and a concave upholstered seat.
- solid-state physics — the branch of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter, especially solids; the study of the electromagnetic, structural, and thermodynamic properties of solids.
- south pacific ocean — the part of the Pacific Ocean extending S from the Equator to the Antarctic continent.
- southern crab apple — a tree, Malus angustifolia, of the eastern U.S., having oblong leaves, fragrant, pink or rose-colored flowers, and small, round, yellow-green fruit.
- spanish west africa — a former overseas territory of Spain in NW Africa: divided in 1958 into the overseas provinces of Ifni and Spanish Sahara
- special partnership — limited partnership.
- specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
- spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
- surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
- sympathetic contact — behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on his or her group membership.
- take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
- teacher-pupil ratio — the number of teachers relative to the number of pupils in a particular school
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- tehachapi mountains — a transverse (E–W) mountain range in S central California. Highest peak, Double Mountain, 7982 feet (2433 meters).
- the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
- the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
- the little corporal — a nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte
- the patriotic front — a political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 2001 as a coalition of two communist parties, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union (ZAPU) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which had worked together to fight against White minority rule in Rhodesia
- the pickwick papers — a novel written by the English novelist Charles Dickens(1812--70)
- theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
- theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
- therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
- upset the applecart — a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.
- whispering campaign — the organized spreading of insinuations or rumors to destroy the reputation of a person, organization, etc.
- zenithal projection — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it, either at one of the poles (polar zenithal), at the equator (equatorial zenithal), or between (oblique zenithal)