21-letter words containing h, d, s

set the world on fire — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
seventeenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years.
seventh day adventist — Seventh Day Adventist churches are churches that believe that Jesus Christ will return very soon, and that have Saturday as their holy day.
seventh-day adventist — See example at Seventh-Day.
shams ud-din mohammed — (Shams ud-din Mohammed) c1320–89? Persian poet.
share and share alike — with each having an equal share
sheppard's correction — a method of correcting the bias in standard deviations and higher moments of distributions that arises from grouping values of the variable.
show someone the door — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
silicon tetrachloride — a colorless, fuming liquid, SiCl 4 , used chiefly for making smoke screens and various derivatives of silicon.
slatwall merchandiser — A slatwall merchandiser is a three-dimensional display unit with grooves cut into its surface into which metal hanging rails can be fixed at various heights.
snappy video snapshot — (hardware) (registered trademark) A frame grabber for the IBM PC designed and marketed by Play, Inc..
snr bandwidth product — (communications) The integral of the SNR over frequency. The SNR bandwidth product is an important limit in the capacity of a communication channel.
sodium metabisulphite — an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Na2S2O5 that is used as a preservative, antioxidant and disinfectant
sovereign wealth fund — an investment fund created using the financial assets of a national government
spherical coordinates — Usually, spherical coordinates. any of three coordinates used to locate a point in space by the length of its radius vector and the angles this vector makes with two perpendicular polar planes.
spotted alfalfa aphid — a pale yellowish aphid, Therioaphis maculata, of the southern U.S., especially west of the Mississippi River, that is marked with black spots and has fine spines on its back: a pest mainly of alfalfa and some other legumes, as clover.
staffordshire terrier — former name of American Staffordshire terrier.
stockholder of record — a stockholder or his or her agent whose name is registered on the books of the issuing corporation at the close of a business day set for determining that stockholders shall receive dividends or vote on an issue.
sunday school teacher — someone who teaches at a Sunday school
swim against the tide — to resist prevailing opinion
synchronized shifting — gear shifting in which the gears to be meshed are made to rotate at the same speed.
synchronized swimming — a sport growing out of water ballet in which swimmers, in solo, duet, and team efforts, complete various required figures by performing motions in relatively stationary positions, along with a freestyle competition, with the contestants synchronizing movements to music and being judged for body position, control, and the degree of difficulty of the moves.
synchrotron radiation — electromagnetic radiation emitted by charged particles as they pass through magnetic fields.
take sb at their word — If you take someone at their word, you believe what they say, when they did not really mean it or when they meant something slightly different.
the antipodes islands — a group of small uninhabited islands in the South Pacific, southeast of and belonging to New Zealand. Area: 62 sq km (24 sq miles)
the assessment method — a way of providing evidence that students' knowledge and learning match the aims of a course
the comrades marathon — an annual long-distance race run every year on the 16th of June from Durban to Pietermaritzburg, a distance of approximately 90 kilometres (56 miles)
the end of one's rope — the end of one's endurance, resources, etc.
the fall of the cards — the chance distribution of cards in a given deal
the household cavalry — a group of British soldiers on horseback who have the job of protecting the king or queen and their family
the oldest profession — prostitution
the san andreas fault — a geological fault in California
the slough of despond — a state of extreme despondency, depression or degradation
the stars and stripes — the national flag of the United States of America, consisting of 50 white stars representing the present states on a blue field and seven red and six white horizontal stripes representing the original states
the student community — the body of students in further and higher education, considered as a whole
the women's land army — a unit of women recruited to do agricultural work in the United Kingdom during World War I and World War II
theater of the absurd — theater in which standard or naturalistic conventions of plot, characterization, and thematic structure are ignored or distorted in order to convey the irrational or fictive nature of reality and the essential isolation of humanity in a meaningless world.
theatre of the absurd — drama in which normal conventions and dramatic structure are ignored or modified in order to present life as irrational or meaningless
thermal decomposition — Thermal decomposition is the process in which a chemical species breaks down when its temperature is increased.
think outside the box — to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
third-party insurance — insurance that compensates for a loss to a party other than the insured for which the insured is liable.
threshold wage policy — a policy whereby wages are increased in accordance with inflation
to be hard luck on sb — to be unfortunate or unlucky for someone
to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
to blow sth wide open — to expose something
to dig one's heels in — If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.
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 rear its ugly head — If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
to rub shoulders with — If you rub shoulders with famous people, you meet them and talk to them. You can also say that you rub elbows with someone, especially in American English.

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