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17-letter words containing h, e, b, t

  • star-of-bethlehem — any of several plants belonging to the genus Ornithogalum, of the lily family, having grasslike leaves and clusters of white flowers.
  • state the obvious — point out sth already evident
  • stick to the ribs — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • sulphur butterfly — sulfur butterfly.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • take sth by storm — If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • thabana-ntlenyana — a mountain in Lesotho: the highest peak of the Drakensberg Mountains. Height: 3482 m (11 425 ft)
  • the bag of tricks — every device; everything
  • the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
  • the beehive state — Utah
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the bright lights — places of entertainment in a city
  • the buckeye state — a nickname for Ohio
  • the bulldog breed — people who fought in either of the World Wars
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the establishment — a group or class of people having institutional authority within a society, esp those who control the civil service, the government, the armed forces, and the Church: usually identified with a conservative outlook
  • the humber bridge — a single-span suspension bridge (1981) that crosses the Humber, with a main span of 1410 m (4626 ft)
  • the joke is on sb — If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that they have been made to look very foolish by something.
  • the last sb heard — You can use expressions such as the last I heard and the last she heard to introduce a piece of information that is the most recent that you have on a particular subject.
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the twelve tables — the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc
  • the whole boiling — the whole lot
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • third-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
  • thistle butterfly — any nymphalid butterfly of the genus Vanessa, as the red admiral or painted lady.
  • thread-legged bug — any of certain insects of the family Reduviidae, characterized by an elongated, slender body and long frail legs, the front pair of which are raptorial.
  • throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
  • throw the book at — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
  • thyestean banquet — a banquet at which human flesh is served
  • tibetan highlands — Tibet, Plateau of.
  • to beat the clock — If you beat the clock, you finish doing something or succeed in doing something before the time allowed for doing it has ended.
  • to break the bank — If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
  • to cook the books — If you say that someone has cooked the books, you mean that they have changed figures or a written record in order to deceive people.
  • to eat humble pie — If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
  • to hit the bottle — If someone hits the bottle, they drink a lot of alcohol.
  • to keep the books — to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise
  • to the bitter end — If you say that you will continue doing something to the bitter end, especially something difficult or unpleasant, you are emphasizing that you will continue doing it until it is completely finished.
  • toothbrush holder — a container or rack in a bathroom where toothbrushes are kept when not in use
  • triskaidekaphobia — fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
  • turbosupercharger — (formerly) a turbocharger.
  • undistinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • ventura publisher — Corel VENTURA
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