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17-letter words containing h, s, e

  • the mississippian — the Mississippian period or rock system equivalent to the lower Carboniferous of Europe
  • the new jerusalem — the de facto capital of Israel (recognition of this has been withheld by the United Nations), situated in the Judaean hills: became capital of the Hebrew kingdom after its capture by David around 1000 bc; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 bc; taken by the Romans in 63 bc; devastated in 70 ad and 135 ad during the Jewish rebellions against Rome; fell to the Arabs in 637 and to the Seljuk Turks in 1071; ruled by Crusaders from 1099 to 1187 and by the Egyptians and Turks until conquered by the British (1917); centre of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when the Arabs took the old city and the Jews held the new city; unified after the Six Day War (1967) under the Israelis; the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Pop: 693 200 (2003 est)
  • the night's a pup — it's early yet
  • 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 peace process — negotiations (between governments, countries, ect) towards peace or the resolution of a conflict
  • the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
  • the perfect tense — the tense of a verb that indicates that the action has been completed
  • 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 popular press — cheap newspapers with a mass circulation; the tabloid press
  • the prairie state — a nickname for the state of Illinois in the U.S.
  • the present tense — the form of a verb that expresses an action that is happening now or at the time of speaking
  • the primrose path — a pleasurable way of life
  • the queen's house — a Palladian mansion in Greenwich, London: designed (1616–35) by Inigo Jones; now part of the National Maritime Museum; restored 1984–90
  • 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 show-me state — the nickname of the US state of Missouri, which comes from its inhabitants' reputation for scepticism
  • 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 smallest room — a euphemistic way of referring to the room the lavatory
  • the sound of mull — the water that separates the island of Mull from the mainland of Scotland
  • 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 twelve tables — the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc
  • the upper regions — the sky; heavens
  • the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
  • the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • the-invisible-man — a novel (1897) by H.G. Wells.
  • the-metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • theodore sturgeon — Theodore (Hamilton) 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
  • theory of numbers — number theory.
  • thermal diffusion — the separation of constituents, often isotopes, of a fluid under the influence of a temperature gradient.
  • thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
  • think in terms of — If you say that you are thinking in terms of doing a particular thing, you mean that you are considering it.
  • thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
  • thirty years' war — the war, often regarded as a series of wars (1618–48), in central Europe, initially involving a conflict between German Protestants and Catholics and later including political rivalries with France, Sweden, and Denmark opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
  • this can't happen — can't happen
  • thistle butterfly — any nymphalid butterfly of the genus Vanessa, as the red admiral or painted lady.
  • thompson seedless — a yellow, seedless variety of grape used in producing raisins.
  • thomson's gazelle — a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.
  • thousandths-place — last in order of a series of a thousand.
  • thread escutcheon — a raised metal rim around a keyhole.
  • three mile island — an island in the Susquehanna River, near Middletown, Pennsylvania, SE of Harrisburg: scene of a near-disastrous accident at a nuclear plant in 1979 that raised the issue of nuclear-energy safety.
  • three-course meal — A three-course meal is a meal that consists of three parts served one after the other.
  • three-dimensional — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
  • three-piece suite — a set of three matching pieces of furniture, usually a combination of a sofa and chairs
  • three-ring circus — a circus having three adjacent rings in which performances take place simultaneously.
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