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17-letter words containing c, h, o, t, a

  • therapeutic touch — the laying on of hands by a healer
  • thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
  • thiosulfuric acid — an acid, H 2 S 2 O 3 , that may be regarded as sulfuric acid with one oxygen atom replaced by sulfur.
  • third commandment — “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”: third of the Ten Commandments.
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • thread escutcheon — a raised metal rim around a keyhole.
  • three-course meal — A three-course meal is a meal that consists of three parts served one after the other.
  • throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
  • to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
  • to keep the peace — If someone in authority, such as the army or the police, keeps the peace, they make sure that people behave and do not fight or quarrel with each other.
  • to make sth clear — If you make something clear, you say something in a way that makes it impossible for there to be any doubt about your meaning, wishes, or intentions.
  • to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
  • to stand a chance — If you say that someone stands a chance of achieving something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. If you say that someone doesn't stand a chance of achieving something, you mean that they cannot possibly achieve it.
  • to strike a chord — If something strikes a chord with you, it makes you feel sympathy or enthusiasm.
  • to throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • tortoiseshell cat — a domestic cat, especially a female one, of variegated black, yellow, and white coloring.
  • touch a raw nerve — If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.
  • travancore-cochin — a former Indian state that was a merger of Travancore and Cochin, two former princely states of India, and which became part of Kerala state in 1956
  • trick photography — photography that creates an illusion
  • trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
  • ts'ao hsueh-ch'in — (Ts'ao Chan) c1717–63, Chinese novelist: author of The Dream of the Red Chamber.
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • turn on the charm — If someone turns on the charm, they behave in a way that seems very friendly but which you think is insincere, often in order to obtain something or deceive someone.
  • upper paleolithic — See under Paleolithic.
  • victoriano huerta — Victoriano [beek-taw-ryah-naw] /ˌbik tɔˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1854–1916, Mexican general: provisional president of Mexico 1913–14.
  • vocational school — a school offering instruction in one or more skilled or semiskilled trades or occupations.
  • warehouse receipt — a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • willow flycatcher — a North American flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, of alder thickets and other moist areas, that has greenish-brown upper parts and whitish underparts and is almost indistinguishable except by voice from E. traillii (willow flycatcher)
  • wind chill factor — A wind chill factor is a measure of the cooling effect of the wind on the temperature of the air.
  • wind-chill factor — the apparent temperature felt on the exposed human body owing to the combination of temperature and wind speed.
  • within an inch of — very close to
  • zola technologies — (company)   Producers of the Z simulation language.
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