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17-letter words containing a, l, h, b

  • the establishment — a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
  • the last sb heard — You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the twelve tables — the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
  • thread-legged bug — any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial.
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
  • to eat humble pie — If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • vanity publishing — the practice of the author of a book paying all or most of the costs of its publication
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
  • war establishment — the full wartime complement of men, equipment, and vehicles of a military unit
  • welshman's button — an angler's name for a species of caddis fly, Sericostoma personatum
  • with guns blazing — If you come out with guns blazing or with all guns blazing, you put all your effort and energy into trying to achieve something.
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