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22-letter words containing b, e, h, i, s, t

  • the opposition benches — the area of a parliament where members of the party opposed to the ruling party or government sit
  • threespine stickleback — a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
  • tip the scales/balance — If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
  • to be mixed up with sb — if you are mixed up with someone, usually someone that other people disapprove of, you are emotionally or sexually involved with them
  • to be on the safe side — If you say you are doing something to be on the safe side, you mean that you are doing it in case something undesirable happens, even though this may be unnecessary.
  • to fall by the wayside — If a person or plan falls by the wayside, they fail or stop before they complete what they set out to do.
  • to twiddle your thumbs — If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
  • what sb/sth looks like — If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them.
  • william's bon chrétien — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
  • within-subjects design — (of an experiment) concerned with measuring the value of the dependent variable for the same subjects under the various experimental conditions
  • ysbaddaden chief-giant — the father of Olwen.
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