24-letter words containing g, a, t, e, c, r
- teacher training college — a higher-education college that specializes in teacher training
- the red badge of courage — a novel (1895) by Stephen Crane.
- to change for the better — If something changes for the better, it improves.
- to get your act together — If you get your act together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively.
- to have egg on your face — If someone has egg on their face or has egg all over their face, they have been made to look foolish.
- to light the touch paper — if someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper, they do something which causes anger or excitement
- to make boundary changes — to change the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, because of population shifts
- to rise to the challenge — If someone rises to the challenge, they act in response to a difficult situation which is new to them and are successful.
- trading standards office — an office of the local authority department that deals with trading standards
- transpersonal psychology — a branch of psychology or psychotherapy that recognizes altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences as a means to understand the human mind and treat psychological disordrs.
- trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- ultralarge crude carrier — Nautical. ULCC.
- video cassette recording — a recording made using a tape recorder for vision and sound signals using magnetic tape in closed plastic cassettes: used for recording and playing back television programmes and films
- within striking distance — If you are within striking distance of something, or if something is within striking distance, it is quite near, so it could be reached or achieved quite easily.