20-letter words containing c, h, i, n, g, o
- schrodinger equation — the wave equation of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Also called Schrödinger wave equation. Compare wave equation (def 2).
- sex change operation — a surgical operation designed to change a person's physical sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex
- shifting cultivation — a land-use system, esp in tropical Africa, in which a tract of land is cultivated until its fertility diminishes, when it is abandoned until this is restored naturally
- skating championship — a competition for ice-skating
- spatial technologies — (company) Distributors of the ACIS solid modelling engine.
- synchronized skating — the art or sport of teams of up to twenty skaters holding onto each other and moving in patterns in time to music
- the gnomes of zurich — Swiss bankers and financiers
- the thinking process — thought; the activity of thinking
- to reach new heights — to become higher than ever before
- triple witching hour — the last hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the four Fridays each year when stock options, stock index futures, and options on such futures simultaneously expire: regarded as a time of extreme volatility in trading.
- webbing clothes moth — a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.
- your marching orders — If you give someone their marching orders, you tell them that you no longer want or need them, for example as your employee or as your lover.