20-letter words containing s, p, i, c, a
- (staring) into space — If you are staring into space, you are looking straight in front of you, without actually looking at anything in particular, for example because you are thinking or because you are feeling shocked.
- a lick and a promise — something hastily done, esp a hurried wash
- advertising campaign — An advertising campaign is a planned series of advertisements.
- aids-related complex — a condition that may develop into AIDS, characterized by the enlargement of the lymph nodes
- air-raid precautions — measures taken to protect the public from air-raid attacks
- algebraic expression — a symbol or a combination of symbols used in algebra, containing one or more numbers, variables, and arithmetic operations: how to solve algebraic expressions.
- angular displacement — the angle through which a point, line, or body is rotated about a specific axis in a given direction
- anticrepuscular arch — antitwilight arch.
- apostolic succession — the doctrine that the authority of Christian bishops derives from the Apostles through an unbroken line of consecration
- apothecaries' weight — a system of weights, formerly used in pharmacy, based on the Troy ounce, which contains 480 grains. 1 grain is equal to 0.065 gram
- application software — software designed for a specific need or purpose
- applications package — a specialized program or set of specialized programs and associated documentation designed to carry out a particular task
- applications program — a program that is written and designed for specific needs or purposes
- arches national park — a national park in E Utah: natural arch formations. 114 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).
- archiepiscopal cross — patriarchal cross.
- asexual reproduction — reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
- asleep at the switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- atmospheric pressure — Atmospheric pressure is the pressure of the atmosphere on the Earth's surface.
- backwards compatible — backward compatibility
- bacteriochlorophylls — Plural form of bacteriochlorophyll.
- basic object adapter — (architecture) (BOA) Part of the CORBA architecture.
- basic oxygen process — a process for refining steel in which oxygen is blown into the molten iron
- bismarck archipelago — a group of over 200 islands in the SW Pacific, northeast of New Guinea: part of Papua New Guinea. Main islands: New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai, and the Admiralty Islands. Chief town: Rabaul, on New Britain. Pop: 566 610 (2000). Area: 49 658 sq km (19 173 sq miles)
- blow up in sb's face — If something that you have planned blows up in your face, it goes wrong unexpectedly, with the result that you suffer.
- buck's horn plantain — a Eurasian plant, Plantago coronopus, having leaves resembling a buck's horn: family Plantaginaceae
- bull in a china shop — If you say that someone rushes into a situation like a bull in a china shop, you are critical of them because they do not stop to think, and are insensitive to other people's feelings.
- canine leptospirosis — an often fatal intestinal disease in dogs, caused by any of several spirochetes of the genus Leptospira.
- capacitive crosstalk — Capacitive crosstalk is a situation in which a signal on one line can cause a smaller version of the same signal on an adjacent line because of the capacitance between the lines.
- cape prince of wales — a cape in W Alaska, on the Bering Strait opposite the coast of the extreme northeast of Russia: the westernmost point of North America
- capital transactions — the flow of money and assets
- capital transfer tax — (in Britain) a tax payable from 1974 to 1986 at progressive rates on the cumulative total of gifts of money or property made during the donor's lifetime or after his death. It was replaced by inheritance tax
- carpathian mountains — a mountain system of central and E Europe, extending from Slovakia to central Romania: mainly forested, with rich iron ore resources. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8788 ft)
- casing head pressure — The casing head pressure is the pressure on the casing, which is measured at the wellhead.
- cassegrain telescope — an astronomical reflecting telescope in which incident light is reflected from a large concave paraboloid mirror onto a smaller convex hyperboloid mirror and then back through a hole in the concave mirror to form the image
- cat's-tail speedwell — a widely cultivated Eurasian plant, Veronica spicata, of the figwort family, having blue flowers in long, spikelike clusters.
- catastrophic failure — Catastrophic failure is sudden and complete failure which cannot be put right.
- catastrophic illness — A catastrophic illness is a major health event that takes place during a particular period of time, such as a heart attack, stroke, or cancer.
- cavendish experiment — the experiment, conducted by Henry Cavendish, that determined the constant of gravitation by using a torsion balance and measuring the torsion produced by two masses placed at given distances from the masses on the balance.
- cellular respiration — the oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular processes.
- centrifugal spinning — the spinning of rayon filaments in a centrifugal box.
- chapter of accidents — a series of misfortunes
- chebyshev polynomial — a polynomial solution of the Tchebycheff equation, of the form T n (x) = cos(n cos −1 x), where n is an integer.
- chemolithoautotrophs — Plural form of chemolithoautotroph.
- child support agency — the British government agency concerned with the welfare of children
- chip scale packaging — (hardware) (CSP) A type of surface mount integrated circuit packaging that provides pre-speed-sorted, pre-tested and pre-packaged die without requiring special testing. An example is Motorola's Micro SMT packaging. See also: chip-on-board, flip chip, multichip module, known good die, ball grid array.
- christopher strachey — (person) Professor of Computation at Oxford, England, born 1916, died May 1975. He invented the term "currying". See also: General Purpose Macro-generator.
- clay-pigeon shooting — the activity of shooting clay pigeons
- cleansing department — the department of a local authority that collects refuse
- co-operative society — In Britain, a co-operative society is a commercial organization with several shops in a particular district. Customers can join this organization and get a share of its profits.
- colloidal suspension — a mixture having particles of one component, with diameters between 10 −7 and 10 −9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase of another component. The mixture has properties between those of a solution and a fine suspension
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