31-letter words containing c, h, i, r, a
- the internal security committee — a committee of the US House of Representatives that was abolished in 1975. Prior to its renaming in 1969, it was known as the House Un-American Activities Committee, and was notorious for its anti-Communist investigations in the late 1940s and 1950s
- the rime of the ancient mariner — a long poem of the supernatural (1798) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in which a sailor brings down a curse on himself and his shipmates by wantonly killing an albatross
- to pour cold water on something — If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it.
- to stop someone in their tracks — If someone or something stops you in your tracks, or if you stop dead in your tracks, you suddenly stop moving because you are very surprised, impressed, or frightened.
- voters telecommunications watch — (body) (VTW) A non-profit organisation based in New York, founded by Shabbir J. Safdar to protect the rights of Internet users. The VTW has actively opposed regulation of encryption and restrictions on Internet free speech. VTW created the animated "Free Speech" fireworks icon that has been displayed on many web pages since June 12, 1996, the day that a three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled the CDA unconstitutional.
- you could have heard a pin drop — You can say you could have heard a pin drop when a place is extremely quiet, especially because everyone is waiting for someone to speak or when someone has made a shocking remark.
- you've got another think coming — you are mistaken and will soon have to alter your opinion
- zenithal equidistant projection — azimuthal equidistant projection.