21-letter words containing c, h, l, o, a, n
- school of hard knocks — the experience gained from living, especially from disappointment and hard work, regarded as a means of education: The only school he ever attended was the school of hard knocks.
- self-characterization — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
- silicon tetrachloride — a colorless, fuming liquid, SiCl 4 , used chiefly for making smoke screens and various derivatives of silicon.
- social anthropologist — an anthropologist who deals with cultural and social phenomena such as kinship systems or beliefs, esp of nonliterate peoples
- 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.
- sunday school teacher — someone who teaches at a Sunday school
- tartarian honeysuckle — an Asian honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, having fragrant, white to pink flowers.
- the central provinces — the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec
- thermal decomposition — Thermal decomposition is the process in which a chemical species breaks down when its temperature is increased.
- to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
- to fly in the face of — If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.
- trichloronitromethane — chloropicrin.
- vacation bible school — a religious school conducted by some churches during the summer for students on vacation.
- wholesale price index — an indicator of price changes in the wholesale market
- william the conqueror — ("the Conqueror") 1027–87, duke of Normandy 1035–87; king of England 1066–87 (son of Robert I, duke of Normandy).
- without qualification — If something is stated or accepted without qualification, it is stated or accepted as it is, without the need for any changes.