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17-letter words containing h, e, i

  • the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  • the facts of life — the details of sexual behaviour and reproduction, esp as told to children
  • the faint-hearted — people of a nervous disposition
  • the final curtain — the closing of the curtain at the end of the action of a play
  • the final whistle — a blast on a referee's whistle to indicate that a game is over
  • the first line of — If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.
  • the glacial epoch — the Pleistocene Epoch
  • 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 life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • the life of riley — If you say that someone is living the life of Riley, you mean that they have a very easy and comfortable life with few worries.
  • the life sciences — sciences such as biology, botany, physiology, zoology which are concerned with the study of living organisms
  • the little dipper — a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the lower regions — hell
  • the metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • the minute (that) — just as soon as
  • the mississippian — the Mississippian period or rock system equivalent to the lower Carboniferous of Europe
  • the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
  • the neolithic age — the last part of the Stone Age, where metal tools became widespread
  • the night's a pup — it's early yet
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the outside world — You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
  • the past anterior — a French tense: the pluperfect
  • the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
  • the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
  • the prairie state — a nickname for the state of Illinois in the U.S.
  • the primrose path — a pleasurable way of life
  • the rail-splitter — Lincoln2
  • the right side of — in favour with
  • the seven sisters — a group of seven liberal arts colleges in the north-eastern United States, comprised of Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley Colleges; they were all founded as institutions for women, although Radclife and Vassar are no longer solely for female students.
  • the silent screen — silent films, considered as a whole
  • the silken ladder — a one-act opera by Rossini, telling the story of Giulia, who is secretly married to Dorvil; he visits her bedroom every night by climbing up a ladder made of silk. Giulia's guardian, Dormont, expects her to marry Blansac, but she introduces Blansac to her cousin Lucilla; after much confusion, the two couples are joyfully united
  • the south pacific — the part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
  • 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 tet offensive — an offensive launched in January–February 1968 by the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong. Coinciding with the first day of the Tet, it was a surprise attack on South Vietnamese cities, including Saigon
  • the three horatii — three Roman brothers who were victorious against the three Curiatii in single combat to secure victory in the war with Alba Longa
  • the unwritten law — the tradition that a person may avenge any insult to family integrity, as used to justify criminal acts of vengeance
  • the upper regions — the sky; heavens
  • the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
  • the water carrier — the constellation Aquarius, the 11th sign of the zodiac
  • the whole boiling — the whole lot
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • the witching hour — the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
  • the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
  • the-metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • theatricalization — to put into dramatic or theatrical form; dramatize.
  • thematic approach — teaching organized by theme rather than by school subject
  • therapeutic index — the ratio between the dosage of a drug that causes a lethal effect and the dosage that causes a therapeutic effect.
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