18-letter words containing c, y, t, h
- the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
- the kinetic theory — a theory of gases postulating that they consist of particles of negligible size moving at random and undergoing elastic collisions
- the-cocktail-party — a play in verse (1950) by T. S. Eliot.
- theater of cruelty — a form of surrealist theater originated by Antonin Artaud and emphasizing the cruelty of human existence by portraying sadistic acts and intense suffering.
- theatre of cruelty — a type of theatre advocated by Antonin Artaud in Le Théâtre et son double that seeks to communicate to its audience a sense of pain, suffering, and evil, using gesture, movement, sound, and symbolism rather than language
- thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
- thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
- thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
- to cool your heels — If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient.
- to hold your peace — If you hold or keep your peace, you do not speak, even though there is something you want or ought to say.
- to lay it on thick — If someone is laying it on thick or is laying it on, they are exaggerating a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people.
- to meet your match — If you meet your match, you find that you are competing or fighting against someone who you cannot beat because they are as good as you, or better than you.
- to take the mickey — If you take the mickey out of someone or something, you make fun of them, usually in an unkind way.
- to watch your step — If someone tells you to watch your step, they are warning you to be careful about how you behave or what you say so that you do not get into trouble.
- too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
- two-chamber system — the system of having two parliamentary chambers, as the House of Lords and the House of Commons in the United Kingdom
- unenthusiastically — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
- vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
- warehouse capacity — the amount of storage space in a warehouse
- witch hazel family — the plant family Hamamelidaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having alternate, simple leaves, flowers in clusters or heads, and fruit in the form of a double-beaked woody capsule, and including the sweet gum, witch alder, and witch hazel.
- with flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.