25-letter words containing e, n, t, h
- sympathetic introspection — a study of human conduct in which the investigator imagines himself or herself engaged in that conduct.
- take sth under advisement — If someone in authority takes a matter under advisement, they decide that the matter needs to be considered more carefully, often by experts.
- take the queen's shilling — to enlist in the army
- take the sting out of sth — If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.
- tetragonal trisoctahedron — Geometry. a trisoctahedron the faces of which are quadrilaterals; trapezohedron.
- thank one's (lucky) stars — to be thankful for what appears to be good luck
- the ball is in sb's court — If you say that the ball is in someone's court, you mean that it is his or her responsibility to take the next action or decision in a situation.
- the ball is in your court — you are obliged to make the next move
- the department of defense — the United States federal department concerned with national security
- the empire state building — a very high skyscraper in New York City
- the first epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John which counters claims that Jesus Christ came only in spirit and not in the flesh
- the industrial revolution — the transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries of first Britain and then other W European countries and the US into industrial nations
- the knives are out for sb — If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say that the knives are out for that person.
- the leaning tower of pisa — the bell tower of Pisa Cathedral
- the length and breadth of — If you say that someone does something or something happens throughout or across the length and breadth of a place, you are emphasizing that it happens everywhere in that place.
- the mother of parliaments — the British Parliament: the model and creator of many other Parliaments
- the politically incorrect — politically incorrect people considered collectively
- the protestant work ethic — a belief in the moral value of work, associated with Protestant Christianity
- the sands are running out — there is not much time left before death or the end
- the scholastic profession — the profession of teaching
- the thin end of the wedge — If you say that something is the thin end of the wedge, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development.
- the third epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John and addressed to a man called Gaius, who is praised in the letter
- there are no flies on him — he is no fool
- thermal imaging equipment — heat-sensitive devices that can detect or provide images of people or things
- thermodynamic equilibrium — the condition of an isolated system in which the quantities that specify its properties, such as pressure, temperature, etc, all remain unchanged
- thermodynamic temperature — temperature defined in terms of the laws of thermodynamics and not in terms of the properties of any real material. It is usually expressed on the Kelvin scale
- thermoluminescence dating — a method of dating archaeological specimens, chiefly pottery, by measuring the radiation given off by ceramic materials as they are heated.
- thin-layer chromatography — chromatography in which glass plates coated with thin layers of alumina, silica gel, or cellulose are used as an adsorbent.
- through the looking-glass — a story for children (1871) by Lewis Carroll: the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
- throw dust in the eyes of — to confuse or mislead
- throw one's weight around — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- throw one's weight behind — If you throw your weight behind a person, plan, or campaign, you use all your influence and do everything you can to support them.
- throw someone to the dogs — to abandon someone to criticism or attack
- to be better than nothing — If you say that something is better than nothing, you mean that it is not what is required, but that it is better to have that thing than to have nothing at all.
- to be in the catbird seat — to be in a very good situation
- to be in the driving seat — If you say that someone is in the driving seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
- to be living proof that … — to show that
- to be on the front burner — to be of the highest priority
- to be on the naughty step — to experience public disfavour, usually because of perceived wayward behaviour
- to call something to mind — If something brings another thing to mind or calls another thing to mind, it makes you think of that other thing, usually because it is similar in some way.
- to catch sight of someone — If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
- to drink someone's health — When you drink to someone's health or drink their health, you have a drink as a sign of wishing them health and happiness.
- to get on your high horse — to adopt a superior or pretentious attitude
- to go on a shooting spree — (of a fanatic)to shoot a number of people
- to go on a shopping spree — to shop excessively; to buy a lot of things in an extravagant way
- to have irons in the fire — If someone has a lot of irons in the fire, they are involved in several different activities or have several different plans.
- to hold someone to ransom — If a kidnapper is holding someone to ransom or holding them ransom in British English, or is holding a person for ransom in American English, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want.
- to keep a watchful eye on — If you keep a watchful eye on someone or something, you watch carefully to make sure there are no problems.
- to kiss something goodbye — If you say that you kiss something goodbye or kiss goodbye to something, you accept the fact that you are going to lose it, although you do not want to.
- to lay claim to something — If you lay claim to something you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.