19-letter words containing e, c, a, s, h
- specific characters — the persistent features that distinguish one species from all others
- spherical astronomy — the branch of astronomy dealing with the determination of the positions of celestial bodies on the celestial sphere.
- stochastic variable — a random variable.
- surface effect ship — a large, ship-size air cushion vehicle operated over water.
- sweetheart contract — a contract made through collusion between management and labor representatives containing terms beneficial to management and detrimental to union workers.
- sweetheart neckline — a neckline on a woman's garment, as a dress, with a high back and a low-cut front with two curved edges resembling the conventionalized shape of a heart.
- switchblade (knife) — a large jackknife that snaps open when a release button on the handle is pressed
- sympathetic contact — behavior toward an individual based on the individual's personal makeup rather than on his or her group membership.
- synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
- synchronous machine — an alternating-current machine in which the average speed of normal operation is exactly proportional to the frequency of the system to which it is connected.
- take (the) occasion — to use the opportunity (to do something)
- take care of sth/sb — If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged.
- take care to do sth — If you take care to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
- 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.
- technical institute — a higher-education institution
- tehachapi mountains — a transverse (E–W) mountain range in S central California. Highest peak, Double Mountain, 7982 feet (2433 meters).
- the compassion club — (in Canada) a nonprofit organization that provides uncontaminated cannabis for medical purposes and natural therapies in a safe environment
- the disenfranchised — people who are deprived of the right to vote or other rights of citizenship
- the eroica symphony — Symphony No. 3 in E flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven
- the mathworks, inc. — (company) The company marketing MATLAB. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: 3 Apple Hill Drive, Natick, Massachusetts 01760-2098 USA. Telephone: +1 (508) 647-7000. Fax: +1 (508) 647-7101.
- the middle distance — an unspecified point in the distance
- the pickwick papers — a novel written by the English novelist Charles Dickens(1812--70)
- the social register — a directory, now published annually, of the families who are considered to form the country's social élite
- theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
- theoretical physics — abstract use of physics
- to be in the charts — (of a record or pop group) to be popular
- to ring the changes — If you say that someone rings the changes, you mean that they make changes or improvements to the way something is organized or done.
- to take the biscuit — If someone has done something very stupid, rude, or selfish, you can say that they take the biscuit or that what they have done takes the biscuit, to emphasize your surprise at their behaviour.
- to this/that effect — You use to this effect, to that effect, or to the effect that to indicate that you have given or are giving a summary of something that was said or written, and not the actual words used.
- touch all the bases — to deal with all related details
- trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
- tricks of the trade — expert techniques
- tubular steel chair — a chair with a frame made of tubular steel
- ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
- upset the applecart — a pushcart used by a vendor of apples.
- vesicular exanthema — an infectious viral disease of swine, characterized by blisters on the snout, mucous membranes, and feet.
- waste heat recovery — the use of heat that is produced in a thermodynamic cycle, as in a furnace, combustion engine, etc, in another process, such as heating feedwater or air
- watch night service — a service held on the night of December 24, or of December 31
- what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- whispering campaign — the organized spreading of insinuations or rumors to destroy the reputation of a person, organization, etc.
- xt bus architecture — (hardware, architecture) (After the IBM PC XT) An eight-bit ISA bus architecture used by Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 systems in the IBM PC and IBM PC XT in the 1980s. It predates the 16-bit ISA architecture used on the Intel 80286 based machines. The XT bus has four DMA channels, of which three are brought out to the expansion slots. Of these three, two are normally allocated to machine functions: DMA channel Expansion Standard function 0 No {dynamic RAM} refresh 1 Yes add-on cards 2 Yes {floppy disk} controller 3 Yes {hard disc} controller (1997-09-15)
- zero-hours contract — an employment contract which does not oblige the employer to provide regular work for the employee, but requires the employee to be on call in the event that work becomes available