21-letter words containing d, e, b, n
- think outside the box — to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
- three-quarter binding — a binding in which the material used for the back extends further over the covers than in half binding.
- to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
- to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
- to be in dire straits — to be in a position of acute difficulty
- to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
- to bend someone's ear — If you say that someone is bending your ear about something, you mean that they keep talking to you about it because they think it is important; used especially when you are irritated by this.
- to blow sth wide open — to expose something
- to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
- to put the wind up sb — If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
- to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
- transcendental number — a number that is not a root of any algebraic equation having integral coefficients, as π or e .
- undesirable discharge — a discharge under other than honorable conditions of a person from military service by administrative action.
- vasco nunez de balboa — Vasco Núñez de [bahs-kaw noo-nyeth th e] /ˈbɑs kɔ ˈnu nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
- with one's bare hands — If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.