26-letter words containing h, e, d, l, s, n
- three-dimensional printing — the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file
- to catch hold of something — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- to hold someone for ransom — If a kidnapper is holding a person for ransom, they keep that person prisoner until they are given what they want.
- to hold something in check — If something or someone is held in check or is kept in check, they are controlled and prevented from becoming too great or powerful.
- to look on the bright side — If you look on the bright side, you try to be cheerful about a bad situation by thinking of some advantages that could result from it, or thinking that it is not as bad as it could have been.
- to rub salt into the wound — If someone or something rubs salt into the wound, they make the unpleasant situation that you are in even worse, often by reminding you of your failures or faults.
- to shed light on something — To shed light on, throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it.
- to sign on the dotted line — If you sign on the dotted line, you formally agree to something by signing an official document.
- to steal someone's thunder — If you steal someone's thunder, you get the attention or praise that they thought they would get, usually by saying or doing what they had intended to say or do.
- won't/wouldn't hear of sth — If you say that you won't hear of someone doing something, you mean that you refuse to let them do it.
- worth one's weight in gold — extremely helpful, kind, etc