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22-letter words containing h, i, g, t, o

  • put the frighteners on — to intimidate
  • registered shareholder — someone who holds or owns a stock registered to their name
  • relationship marketing — a marketing strategy in which a company seeks to build long-term relationships with its customers by providing consistent satisfaction
  • rocky mountain bighorn — bighorn.
  • saint george's channel — a channel between Wales and Ireland, connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic. 100 miles (160 km) long; 50–90 miles (81–145 km) wide.
  • school crossing patrol — the official name for lollipop man or lady
  • see the light (of day) — to come into existence
  • self-sustaining growth — economic growth that maintains itself without intervention
  • slip something over on — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • softening of the brain — a softening of the cerebrum, caused by impairment of the blood supply; encephalomalacia.
  • spherical trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry that deals with spherical triangles.
  • start the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
  • synchronic linguistics — the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history
  • take cognizance of sth — If you take cognizance of something, you take notice of it or acknowledge it.
  • take something as read — to take something for granted as a fact; understand or presume
  • targa graphics adaptor — (graphics, file format)   (TGA) The Truevision Targa Graphics Adaptor file format. The TGA format is a common bitmap file format for storage of 24-bit images. It supports colourmaps, alpha channels, compression and comments. More information is available from Truevision and The Graphics File Format Page.
  • the (great) depression — the period of economic depression which began in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s
  • the caring professions — professions such as nursing and social work that are involved with looking after people who are ill or who need help in coping with their lives
  • the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
  • the internet of things — a network of objects that are fitted with microchips and connected to the internet, enabling them to interact with each other and to be controlled remotely
  • the marriage of figaro — Italian Le nozze di Figaro. an opera (1786) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • the tip of the iceberg — If you say that a problem is the tip of the iceberg, you mean that it is one small part of a much larger problem.
  • the top of the morning — a morning greeting regarded as characteristic of Irishmen
  • the-leaning-tower-pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
  • there's nothing for it — there's no choice; there's no other course
  • through thick and thin — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
  • time-lapse photography — the photographing on motion-picture film of a slow and continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, especially by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed.
  • to awaken to something — to become aware of something
  • to ride roughshod over — If you say that someone is riding roughshod over a person or their views, you disapprove of them because they are using their power or authority to do what they want, completely ignoring that person's wishes.
  • university of michigan — (body, education)   A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. 70% of the University's students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. 90% rank in the top 20% of their high school class. 60% of the students receive financial aid. The main Ann Arbor Campus lies in the Huron River valley, 40 miles west of Detroit. The campus boasts 2700 acres with 200 buildings, six million volumes in 23 libraries, nine museums, seven hospitals, hundreds of laboratories and institutes, and over 18000 microcomputers.
  • vibration white finger — a condition affecting workers using vibrating machinery, which causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves of the fingers and leads to a permanent loss of feeling
  • video graphics adapter — Video Graphics Array
  • video graphics adaptor — Video Graphics Array
  • wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
  • washington court house — a city in SW Ohio.
  • with egg on one's face — made to look ridiculous
  • within someone's grasp — If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
  • wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
  • you can say that again — yes: emphatically
  • zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.
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