21-letter words containing o, p, e

the probation service — a criminal justice service that is mainly responsible for dealing with offenders by placing them under the supervision of a probation officer
the shipping forecast — a radio broadcast made by the BBC of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles
the slough of despond — a state of extreme despondency, depression or degradation
theater of operations — the part of the theater of war, including a combat zone and a communications zone, that is engaged in military operations and their support.
theoretical physicist — a scientist who studies theoretical physics
therapeutic community — a group-based form of therapy for mental disorders, sometimes residential
thermal decomposition — Thermal decomposition is the process in which a chemical species breaks down when its temperature is increased.
thermal power station — a power station in which heat is converted into electricity
thermoelectric couple — thermocouple.
thermophosphorescence — thermoluminescence.
third party procedure — impleader.
three-toed woodpecker — either of two woodpeckers of the genus Picoides, of the Northern Hemisphere, having only three toes on each foot.
threshold wage policy — a policy whereby wages are increased in accordance with inflation
ticker-tape reception — (mainly in New York) the showering of the motorcade of a distinguished politician, visiting head of state, etc, with ticker tape as a sign of welcome
to be a hospital case — if you say that someone or something is a hospital case, you mean that they need urgent help because they are doing very badly
to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
to be public property — to be publicly owned
to blow sth wide open — to expose something
to fall into the trap — If someone falls into the trap of doing something, they think or behave in a way which is not wise or sensible.
to mix your metaphors — If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.
to move the goalposts — If you accuse someone of moving the goalposts, you mean that they have changed the rules in a situation or an activity, in order to gain an advantage for themselves and to make things difficult for other people.
to play second fiddle — If you play second fiddle to someone, your position is less important than theirs in something that you are doing together.
to play the race card — if someone plays the race card they bring up the issue of race in a discussion, perhaps for sympathy or to seek popularity by appealing to racist sentiment
to pull someone's leg — If you are pulling someone's leg, you are teasing them by telling them something shocking or worrying as a joke.
to put one over on sb — If someone puts one over on you, they make you do or believe something by telling you things that are not true.
to put the wind up sb — If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
to put/set sb to work — If you put someone to work or set them to work, you give them a job or task to do.
to shoot from the hip — If you say that someone shoots from the hip or fires from the hip, you mean that they react to situations or give their opinion very quickly, without stopping to think.
topgallant forecastle — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; forecastle deck.
transport segregation — Transport segregation is when particles from a mixture separate because the mixture vibrates while it is being moved.
traveling salesperson — a representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's services.
triple superphosphate — superphosphate (def 2).
triple-superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
turn up one's nose at — to sneer at; scorn
two-point perspective — a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point (one-point perspective) two points (two-point perspective) or several points on a horizon line as perceived by a viewer imagined in an arbitrarily fixed position.
ulster unionist party — a Northern Irish political party advocating the maintenance of union with the UK
up close and personal — face to face, intimately
up hill and down dale — strenuously and persistently
up to the elbows with — busily occupied with; deeply immersed in
wet collodion process — a photographic process, in common use in the mid-19th century, employing a glass photographic plate coated with iodized collodion and dipped in a silver nitrate solution immediately before use.
what price something? — what are the chances of something happening now?
whip-and-tongue graft — a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and inserting a tongue in the scion into a slit in the stock.
white-crowned sparrow — a North American sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, having black and white stripes on the head.
wholesale price index — an indicator of price changes in the wholesale market
wildlife photographer — someone that specializes in taking photographs of wild animals, especially in their natural habitats, and plants
wilson's storm petrel — a small petrel, Oceanites oceanicus, that breeds in the Southern Hemisphere but ranges into the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
with sb's compliments — If you say that you are giving someone something with your compliments, you are saying in a polite and fairly formal way that you are giving it to them, especially as a gift or a favour.
with the exception of — except for, save
workers' compensation — a government-sponsored insurance system, funded by contributions from employers, for compensating employees for injury or occupational disease suffered in connection with their employment
writ of habeas corpus — law: petition for hearing

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