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17-letter words containing p, h, o, t, c

  • semisophisticated — somewhat sophisticated.
  • shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
  • shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
  • shortcrust pastry — a basic type of pastry that is made with half the quantity of fat to flour, and has a crisp but crumbly texture
  • shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
  • south sea company — a British joint stock company that traded in South America in the 18th century. The South Sea Company took over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks, and a financial crash in 1720 (the South Sea Bubble)
  • spaghettification — the theoretical stretching of an object as it encounters extreme differences in gravitational forces, especially those associated with a black hole.
  • spectroheliograph — an apparatus for making photographs of the sun with a monochromatic light to show the details of the sun's surface and surroundings as they would appear if the sun emitted only that light.
  • spectrohelioscope — a spectroheliograph.
  • spectrophotometer — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • spectrophotometry — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • speech correction — the reeducation of speech habits that deviate from accepted speech standards.
  • spit in the ocean — a variety of poker in which four cards are dealt face down to each player and one card, forming the fifth for all hands, is dealt face up in the center of the table, the exposed card and others of its denomination being wild cards.
  • spoonbill catfish — flathead catfish.
  • spore mother cell — a cell from which a spore is produced
  • steamship company — a company which has a fleet of steamships
  • stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • take the place of — replace, be a substitute for
  • teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
  • the electoral map — a map showing the distribution of constituencies over a country
  • the glacial epoch — the Pleistocene Epoch
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the peace process — negotiations (between governments, countries, ect) towards peace or the resolution of a conflict
  • the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
  • the south pacific — the part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
  • thematic approach — teaching organized by theme rather than by school subject
  • therapeutic touch — the laying on of hands by a healer
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
  • to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
  • to keep the peace — If someone in authority, such as the army or the police, keeps the peace, they make sure that people behave and do not fight or quarrel with each other.
  • to push your luck — If you say that someone is pushing their luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.
  • trick photography — photography that creates an illusion
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • upper paleolithic — See under Paleolithic.
  • warehouse receipt — a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.
  • without exception — all included
  • without prejudice — fairly
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