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17-letter words containing h, e, a, v

  • active euthanasia — the deliberate act of killing someone painlessly, esp to relieve suffering from an incurable illness
  • adventure holiday — a holiday that involves some physically challenging activity such as canoeing, rock climbing, etc
  • aftershave lotion — a lotion, usually styptic and perfumed, for application to the face after shaving
  • all over the occy — in every direction
  • all over the shop — If something is happening all over the shop, it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area.
  • almost everywhere — everywhere in a given set except on a subset with measure zero. Abbreviation: a.e.
  • antihypertensives — Plural form of antihypertensive.
  • archconservatives — Plural form of archconservative.
  • at the service of — To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization.
  • athlete's village — an area of accommodation for competitors taking part in a sports event
  • authoritativeness — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
  • be over sb's head — If something such as an idea, joke, or comment goes over someone's head, it is too difficult for them to understand.
  • behaviour therapy — any of various means of treating psychological disorders, such as desensitization, aversion therapy, and instrumental conditioning, that depend on the patient systematically learning new modes of behaviour
  • bell-shaped curve — bell curve
  • blue-headed vireo — solitary vireo.
  • brighton and hove — a city and unitary authority in S England, in East Sussex. Pop: 251 500 (2003 est). Area: 72 sq km (28 sq miles)
  • broadview heights — a town in N Ohio.
  • cat scratch fever — a disorder characterized by fever and swelling of the lymph glands, caused by a viral infection resulting from the scratch or bite of a cat.
  • cat-scratch fever — a disease of humans caused by an organism, Bartonella henselae, usually resulting from a scratch by a cat and characterized by lymph node enlargement
  • cellulose varnish — a varnish made from cellulose nitrate, used as a protective sealing film
  • chancery division — (in England) the Lord Chancellor's court, now a division of the High Court of Justice
  • chapter and verse — If you say that someone gives you chapter and verse on a particular subject, you are emphasizing that they tell you every detail about it.
  • civil partnership — A civil partnership is a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that is similar to marriage.
  • cleveland heights — city in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland: pop. 50,000
  • code of behaviour — the generally accepted rules governing how people behave
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • combine harvester — A combine harvester is a large machine which is used on farms to cut, sort, and clean grain.
  • convection heater — A convection heater is a heater that heats a room by means of hot air.
  • drive to the wall — to force into an awkward situation
  • drive up the wall — to cause to become crazy or furious
  • equivalent weight — the weight of an element or compound that will combine with or displace 8 grams of oxygen or 1.007 97 grams of hydrogen
  • female chauvinist — a female who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates males in the belief that they are inferior to females and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • female-chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
  • for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
  • french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
  • give the go-ahead — authorize sb to do sth
  • great vowel shift — a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).
  • greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
  • harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
  • harvey wallbanger — a screwdriver cocktail topped with Galliano.
  • have a bearing on — If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
  • have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
  • have a roving eye — to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
  • have a short fuse — a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
  • have a thick skin — to be insensitive (or acutely sensitive) to blame, criticism, insults, etc.
  • have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
  • have it both ways — to try to get the best of a situation, argument, etc, by chopping and changing between alternatives or opposites
  • have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
  • have no words for — to be incapable of describing
  • have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.

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