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19-letter words containing h, a, c, i, o

  • the vatican council — the second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, also known as Vatican II, which sat from 1962 to 1965, and among other things allowed the liturgy to be said in the local language, not Latin
  • the whole enchilada — all of it; everything; the entirety of something
  • theatrical producer — a person who is responsible for all aspects of a theatrical production
  • 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
  • therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
  • thiophosphoric acid — an acid derived from phosphoric acid by substituting one or more sulfur atoms for oxygen atoms.
  • to be in the charts — (of a record or pop group) to be popular
  • to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
  • 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.
  • toshiba corporation — (company)   A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, consumer products and medical diagnostic imaging equipment. In FY 2003-4, Toshiba employed 161,286 people.
  • trahison des clercs — a compromising of intellectual integrity, esp. for political reasons
  • tricks of the trade — expert techniques
  • tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
  • typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
  • ultramicrochemistry — the branch of microchemistry dealing with minute quantities of material weighing one microgram or less.
  • von neumann machine — the stored-program computer developed by John von Neumann and his associates
  • what makes one tick — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
  • what-do-you-call-it — whachamacallit.
  • white-collar worker — office employee, clerical worker
  • within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
  • zenithal projection — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it, either at one of the poles (polar zenithal), at the equator (equatorial zenithal), or between (oblique zenithal)
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