21-letter words containing b, e, h, i, s
- put sb in their place — If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are.
- rayleigh distribution — (mathematics) A curve that yields a good approximation to the actual labour curves on software projects.
- recompression chamber — hyperbaric chamber.
- salam-weinberg theory — the electroweak theory.
- satisficing behaviour — the form of behaviour demonstrated by firms who seek satisfactory profits and satisfactory growth rather than maximum profits
- sb/sth reigns supreme — Someone or something that reigns supreme is the most important or powerful element in a situation or period of time.
- sealed-beam headlight — a headlight in which the reflector and lens are hermetically sealed together with the filament in a single unit.
- single spanish burton — a tackle having a runner as well as the fall supporting the load, giving a mechanical advantage of three, neglecting friction.
- sodium metabisulphite — an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na2S2O5 that is used as a preservative, antioxidant and disinfectant
- space shuttle orbiter — orbiter (def 1).
- spicebush swallowtail — a swallowtail butterfly, Papilio troilus, having a dark body with yellow spots on the forewings and greenish hind wings.
- splice the main brace — to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
- sympathetic vibration — a vibration induced by resonance.
- take sb at their word — If you take someone at their word, you believe what they say, when they did not really mean it or when they meant something slightly different.
- take sb/sth seriously — If you take someone or something seriously, you believe that they are important and deserve attention.
- the barber of seville — Italian Il barbiere di Siviglia. a comic opera (1816) by Gioacchino Rossini based on a comedy (1775) by Beaumarchais.
- the probation service — a criminal justice service that is mainly responsible for dealing with offenders by placing them under the supervision of a probation officer
- think outside the box — to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
- to be a hospital case — if you say that someone or something is a hospital case, you mean that they need urgent help because they are doing very badly
- to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
- to blow sth wide open — to expose something
- to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
- to lay something bare — If you lay something bare, you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen.
- to put the wind up sb — If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
- to rub shoulders with — If you rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you rub elbows with someone, especially in American English.
- undesirable discharge — a discharge under other than honorable conditions of a person from military service by administrative action.
- up to the elbows with — busily occupied with; deeply immersed in
- vacation bible school — a religious school conducted by some churches during the summer for students on vacation.
- weinberg-salam theory — electroweak theory.
- with one's bare hands — If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.
- with sb's compliments — If you say that you are giving someone something with your compliments, you are saying in a polite and fairly formal way that you are giving it to them, especially as a gift or a favour.
- writ of habeas corpus — law: petition for hearing