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19-letter words containing c, o, w, l, e

  • sleepy hollow chair — an armchair of the mid-19th century, sometimes on rockers, having a single piece forming a high upholstered back and a concave upholstered seat.
  • swallow-tailed coat — tail coat.
  • teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
  • the whole enchilada — all of it; everything; the entirety of something
  • the world of cryton — (TWOC) A BBS for the Acorn Archimedes. Telephone: +44 (1749) 670 030 (24hrs, most speeds).
  • throw cold water on — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
  • trickle-down theory — an economic theory that monetary benefits directed especially by the government to big business will in turn pass down to and profit smaller businesses and the general public.
  • wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
  • white-collar worker — office employee, clerical worker
  • wide-angle glaucoma — open-angle glaucoma. See under glaucoma.
  • wireless local loop — (communications)   (WLL, radio in the loop, RITL, fixed-radio access, FRA) Connecting subscribers to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) using radio signals instead of copper wires. The wireless link may be all or part of the connection between the subscriber and the switch. WLL includes cordless access systems, proprietary fixed radio access and fixed cellular systems.
  • yellow-dog contract — a contract between a worker and an employer in which, as a condition of employment, the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union.
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