23-letter words containing b, e, h, n
- at the beck and call of — at the service of; obedient to the wishes of
- batten down the hatches — to use battens in nailing a tarpaulin over a hatch on a ship to make it secure
- battered child syndrome — the array of physical injuries exhibited by young children who have been beaten repeatedly or otherwise abused by their parents or guardians.
- be left holding the bag — If you are left holding the bag, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it.
- be on the receiving end — to be the recipient of a gift, or favor
- be the making of sb/sth — If something is the making of a person or thing, it is the reason that they become successful or become very much better than they used to be.
- bellefontaine neighbors — a city in E Missouri.
- bite someone's head off — If someone speaks or replies to you angrily, and you think they are being unfair or reacting too strongly, you can say that they bite your head off.
- branch coverage testing — (programming) A test method which aims to ensure that each possible branch from each decision point (e.g. "if" statement) is executed at least once, thus ensuring that all reachable code is executed.
- brinell hardness number — a measure of the hardness of a material obtained by pressing a hard steel ball into its surface; it is expressed as the ratio of the load on the ball in kilograms to the area of the depression made by the ball in square millimetres
- bring something home to — to impress something upon or make something clear to
- but then/but then again — You use but then or but then again before a remark which slightly contradicts what you have just said.
- calcium channel blocker — any drug that prevents the influx of calcium ions into cardiac and smooth muscle: used to treat high blood pressure and angina
- cheyne-stokes breathing — alternating shallow and deep breathing, as in comatose patients
- chi-square distribution — a continuous single-parameter distribution derived as a special case of the gamma distribution and used esp to measure goodness of fit and to test hypotheses and obtain confidence intervals for the variance of a normally distributed variable
- church of the subgenius — (body, humour) A mutant offshoot of Discordianism launched in 1981 as a spoof of fundamentalist Christianity by the "Reverend" Ivan Stang, a brilliant satirist with a gift for promotion. Popular among hackers as a rich source of bizarre imagery and references such as "Bob" the divine drilling-equipment salesman, the Benevolent Space Xists, and the Stark Fist of Removal. Much SubGenius theory is concerned with the acquisition of the mystical substance or quality of slack.
- combinatorial chemistry — the use of chemical methods to generate all possible combinations of chemicals
- complain about the food — If you complain about the food, you say that you are not satisfied with it.
- concertgebouw orchestra — an Amsterdam orchestra, established in 1888, that has been independent of the Concertgebouw hall since World War II
- die with one's boots on — a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- dishonourable discharge — dismissal from the US armed forces by a court martial as a result of serious misconduct
- drive sb round the bend — If you say that someone or something drives you round the bend, you mean that you dislike them and they annoy or upset you very much.
- duplication of the cube — the insoluble problem of constructing a cube having twice the volume of a given cube, using only a ruler and compass.
- embarrassment of riches — If you say that someone has an embarrassment of riches, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem.
- embden-meyerhof pathway — the metabolic reaction sequence in glycolysis by which glucose is converted to pyruvic acid with production of ATP
- every trick in the book — If someone tries every trick in the book, they try every possible thing that they can think of in order to achieve something.
- fall between the cracks — to fail to fit into a given agenda or program
- fiddle while rome burns — If you say that someone is fiddling while Rome burns, you mean that they are not dealing with a difficult or dangerous situation but instead are doing useless things or pretending that nothing is wrong.
- fish in troubled waters — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- german baptist brethren — Church of the Brethren.
- give something a rub-up — to smooth or polish something
- have bats in the belfry — to be mad or eccentric; have strange ideas
- hold sb/sth in contempt — If you hold someone or something in contempt, you feel contempt for them.
- horsehair-blight fungus — a fungal parasite, Marasmius equicrinis, that causes a disease of certain tropical plants, especially tea.
- hortense de beauharnais — Beauharnais, Eugénie Hortense de.
- hunchback of notre dame — French Notre Dame de Paris. a novel (1831) by Victor Hugo.
- hunter-killer submarine — a submarine designed and equipped to pursue and destroy enemy craft
- hypobetalipoproteinemia — (pathology) A low level of betalipoprotein (low-density lipoprotein) in the bloodstream.
- in the employ of sb/sth — If you are in the employ of someone or something, you work for them.
- in the neighbourhood of — In the neighbourhood of a number means approximately that number.
- irish christian brother — Brother of the Christian Schools (def 2).
- keep sb at arm's length — If you keep someone at arm's length, you avoid becoming too friendly or involved with them.
- knock the bottom out of — to destroy or eliminate
- laughlin air force base — U.S. Air Force installation in SW Texas, SE of Del Rio.
- look on the bright side — consider positive aspects
- martha washington table — a sewing table of the 18th century having an oval top that can be lifted and a central compartment of drawers with semicircular bins at each end.
- methylisobutenyl ketone — mesityl oxide.
- north ossetian republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the N slopes of the central Caucasus Mountains. Capital: Vladikavkaz. Pop: 709 900 (2002). Area: about 8000 sq km (3088 sq miles)
- not dry behind the ears — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- object relations theory — a form of psychoanalytic theory postulating that people relate to others in order to develop themselves
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