16-letter words containing t, o, l, c, a, s

summer complaint — an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.
take one's place — to take up one's usual or specified position
teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
technical school — college of further and vocational education
the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
the creole state — a nickname for Louisiana
the eastern bloc — (formerly) the Soviet bloc
thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
to call it quits — If you say that you are going to call it quits, you mean that you have decided to stop doing something or being involved in something.
to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
to lose track of — If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
to move a muscle — If you say that someone did not move a muscle, you mean that they stayed absolutely still.
to stake a claim — If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
topical-sentence — a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning.
topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
torricelli's law — the law that states that the speed of flow of a liquid from an orifice is equal to the speed that it would attain if falling freely a distance equal to the height of the free surface of the liquid above the orifice.
toulouse-lautrec — Henri Marie Raymond de [ahn-ree ma-ree re-mawn duh] /ɑ̃ˈri maˈri rɛˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1864–1901, French painter and lithographer.
traditionalistic — adherence to tradition as authority, especially in matters of religion.
trail commission — A trail commission is a further commission of between 0.1 and 1 percent that is paid to an advisor provided that the client’s funds remain invested in the product for a specified time.
trail one's coat — to invite a quarrel by deliberately provocative behaviour
transcontinental — passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
transculturation — acculturation.
transport police — the national police force for railways in Britain, which protects rail operators, staff and passengers
transverse colon — the middle portion of the colon, lying across the upper abdominal cavity between the ascending colon on the right and the descending colon on the left.
twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
ultramicroscopic — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
unconstitutional — not constitutional; unauthorized by or inconsistent with the constitution, as of a country.
unconversational — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
upsilon particle — the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
victorian values — qualities considered to characterize the Victorian period, including enterprise and initiative and the importance of the family
vitruvian scroll — a scroll forming a stylized wave pattern.
voluntary muscle — muscle whose action is normally controlled by an individual's will; mainly skeletal muscle, composed of parallel bundles of striated, multinucleate fibers.
voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
voluntary sector — the part of the economy that consists of non-profit-making organizations, as opposed to the public and private sectors
walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
waterless cooker — a tight-lidded kitchen utensil in which food can be cooked using only a small amount of water or only the juices emitted while cooking.
well-compensated — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
whole-tone scale — a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C.
yah-boo politics — adversarial politics in which politicians constantly deride their opponents and dismiss everything suggested by them

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