20-letter words containing h, i, m, s, e, l
- physical meteorology — the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.
- psychological moment — the proper or critical time for achieving a desired result: She found the right psychological moment to make her request.
- psychomotor epilepsy — temporal-lobe epilepsy.
- saint john ambulance — an organization that provides first aid and first-aid training
- satellite chromosome — a type of densely staining chromosome of uncertain biological function, found in many plant and animal species.
- semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
- south american plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the continent of South America and several ocean basins and bounded on the north by the Caribbean Plate, on the east by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, on the west by a submarine trench that borders the western coast of the continent, and on the south by the Antarctic Plate.
- spiral of archimedes — a curve that is the locus of a point that moves outward with uniform speed along a vector, beginning at the origin, while the vector rotates about the origin with uniform angular velocity. Equation (in polar coordinates): r = aθ.
- splice the mainbrace — to issue and partake of an extra allocation of alcoholic spirits
- the sky is the limit — If you say the sky is the limit, you mean that there is nothing to prevent someone or something from being very successful.
- three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
- to give someone hell — If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong.
- twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
- visual merchandising — Visual merchandising is the use of attractive displays and floor plans to increase customer numbers and sales volumes.
- webbing clothes moth — a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.
- wilson cloud chamber — cloud chamber.
- with all one's might — If you do something with all your might, you do it using all your strength and energy.