20-letter words containing c, o, n, f, e, d
- powhatan confederacy — a network of Algonquian-speaking Indian settlements in Virginia that was ruled by Powhatan.
- rapid reaction force — a force that can be deployed swiftly to a site of conflict or potential conflict
- recursive definition — a definition consisting of a set of rules such that by repeated application of the rules the meaning of the definiendum is uniquely determined in terms of ideas that are already familiar.
- second earl of essex — 2nd Earl of, Devereux, Robert.
- second law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
- specific conductance — conductivity (def 2).
- specific-conductance — conductivity (def 2).
- sufficient condition — a statement whose truth is sufficient to guarantee the truth of a given statement
- thomas of erceldoune — Thomas of, Thomas of Erceldoune.
- van der waals forces — weak electrostatic forces between atoms and molecules caused by transient distortions in the distribution of electrons in the interacting atoms or molecules
- wardrobe malfunction — an embarrassing situation caused by the clothes a person is wearing
- winter of discontent — the winter of 1978–1979, during which numerous strikes, esp by local authority workers, took place against a background of a government pay freeze