17-letter words containing c, h, o, p, d
- schmidt telescope — a wide-angle reflecting telescope used primarily for astronomical photography, in which spherical aberration and coma are reduced to a minimum by means of a spherical mirror with a corrector plate near its focus.
- school playground — school's outdoor recreation area
- semisophisticated — somewhat sophisticated.
- shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
- synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
- thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
- to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
- uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- well-accomplished — completed; done; effected: an accomplished fact.
- without prejudice — fairly