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23-letter words containing d, i, a, h, e, l

  • radial drilling machine — a machine in which the drilling head is mounted to slide along a radial arm which can be rotated, raised, or lowered on a vertical mast to adjust the position of the drill above the workpiece
  • right circular cylinder — a cylinder generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides.
  • right, left, and centre — on all sides; from every direction
  • saddle block anesthesia — a form of spinal anesthesia that produces loss of sensation in the buttocks, perineum, and inner thighs.
  • sheltered accommodation — housing specially designed to provide a safe environment for the elderly, handicapped, or disabled, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
  • short-billed marsh wren — sedge wren.
  • short-tailed shearwater — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • sodium tripolyphosphate — a white powder, Na 5 P 3 O 1 0 , used as a water softener, sequestering agent, and food additive.
  • talk/speak of the devil — People say speak of the devil, or in British English talk of the devil, if someone they have just been talking about appears unexpectedly.
  • the kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
  • to have a police record — If you say that somebody has a police record, you mean that they have committed a crime or crimes and the police have a record of this.
  • to hell in a handbasket — to one's doom
  • to see the light of day — If something sees the light of day at a particular time, it comes into existence or is made known to the public at that time.
  • track and field athlete — a sportsperson who participates in events that involve running, sprinting, throwing, jumping and walking
  • trigonal trisoctahedron — a trisoctahedron whose faces are triangles.
  • unconditional discharge — the release of a defendant without having to spend time on parole or probation
  • urea-formaldehyde resin — any of a group of resins formed by the interaction of urea and formaldehyde under conditions that include heat and pH control: used chiefly in the manufacture of buttons, baking enamels, and for making fabrics wrinkle-resistant.
  • ventricular tachycardia — a cardiac arrhythmia in which the muscles of the ventricles contract irregularly in a rapid, uncoordinated manner, impairing the normal pumping of blood.
  • wholly-owned subsidiary — A wholly-owned subsidiary is a company whose shares are all owned by another company.
  • yellow-headed blackbird — a North American blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, having a yellow head.
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