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20-letter words containing s, h, a, p, e, n

  • spatial technologies — (company)   Distributors of the ACIS solid modelling engine.
  • special relationship — the exceptionally close political, diplomatic, cultural and historical relations between the United States and the United Kingdom
  • spherical aberration — variation in focal length of a lens or mirror from center to edge, due to its spherical shape.
  • spherical coordinate — Usually, spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes.
  • splice the mainbrace — to issue and partake of an extra allocation of alcoholic spirits
  • step into the breach — If you step into the breach, you do a job or task which someone else was supposed to do or has done in the past, because they are suddenly unable to do it.
  • the legal profession — the profession of law
  • throw up one's hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • to put an end to sth — To put an end to something means to cause it to stop.
  • transposition cipher — a cipher that rearranges the letters of the plain text in a different sequence.
  • tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
  • turn an honest penny — to earn money fairly and honestly
  • visually handicapped — unable to carry out normal activities because of defects of vision, including blindness
  • white elephant stall — a stall, usually at a fete or fundraising event, where unwanted possessions are sold
  • wipe the slate clean — begin afresh
  • working relationship — a relationship with a colleague, boss or employee
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