25-letter words containing h, a, e, m, o
- 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 lay claim to something — If you lay claim to something you do not have, you say that it belongs to you.
- to lay siege to something — If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place.
- to take something as read — If you take something as read, you accept it as true or right and therefore feel that it does not need to be discussed or proved.
- to teach someone a lesson — If you say that you are going to teach someone a lesson, you mean that you are going to punish them for something that they have done so that they do not do it again.
- to tear someone to shreds — If you tear someone to shreds or rip them to shreds, you criticize them very thoroughly and severely.
- tribasic sodium phosphate — sodium phosphate (def 3).
- undisputed world champion — a boxer who holds the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, the World Boxing Organization, and the International Boxing Federation world championship titles simultaneously
- vienna development method — (programming, specification) (VDM) A program development method based on formal specification using the Vienna Development Method Specification Language (VDM-SL).