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20-letter words containing e, s, m, p

  • supplementary angles — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°.
  • swan's neck pediment — a broken pediment, the outline of which consists of a pair of S -curves tangent to the cornice level at the ends of the pediment, rising to a pair of scrolls on either side of the center, where a finial often rises between the scrolls.
  • synoptic meteorology — a branch of meteorology analyzing data collected simultaneously over a wide region, for the purpose of weather forecasting.
  • take pity on someone — If you take pity on someone, you feel sorry for them and help them.
  • telesales department — the department of a company that deals with telesales
  • television programme — a programme broadcast on television
  • the (great) pyramids — the three large pyramids at Gîza, Egypt: the largest is the Pyramid of Khufu
  • the price of someone — what someone deserves, esp a fitting punishment
  • to overstep the mark — If someone oversteps the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable.
  • trumpet call for sth — a signal for something
  • under the impression — If you are under the impression that something is the case, you believe that it is the case, usually when it is not actually the case.
  • under the microscope — If you say that something is under the microscope, you mean that it is being studied very closely, usually because it is believed that something is wrong with it.
  • unemployment figures — statistics relating to the number of people who are out of work
  • upper yosemite falls — a section of Yosemite Falls in central California, in the Yosemite National Park that is 436 m (1430 ft) high
  • western roman empire — the westernmost of the two empires created by the division of the later Roman Empire, esp after its final severance from the Eastern Roman Empire (395 ad)
  • winter olympic games — an international contest of winter sports, esp skiing, held every four years
  • woolly spider monkey — a rare related monkey, Brachyteles arachnoides, of SE Brazil
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