21-letter words containing i, n, o, b, e
- the probation service — a criminal justice service that is mainly responsible for dealing with offenders by placing them under the supervision of a probation officer
- think outside the box — to think in a different, innovative, or original manner, esp with regard to business practices, products, systems, etc
- threatening behaviour — intimidation or intentional behaviour that causes another person to fear injury or harm
- to be arrayed against — to be opposed to
- to be in dire straits — to be in a position of acute difficulty
- to be mixed up in sth — if you are mixed up in something, usually something bad, you are involved in it
- to blow sth wide open — to expose something
- to hit the bookstands — (of a book) to be published
- to lay something bare — If you lay something bare, you uncover it completely so that it can then be seen.
- to put the wind up sb — If something or someone puts the wind up you, they frighten or worry you.
- to risk life and limb — If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured.
- to think better of it — If you intend to do something and then think better of it, you decide not to do it because you realize it would not be sensible.
- uniform business rate — a local tax in the UK paid by businesses, based on a local valuation of their premises and a rate fixed by central government that applies throughout the country
- vacation bible school — a religious school conducted by some churches during the summer for students on vacation.
- weinberg-salam theory — electroweak theory.
- with one's bare hands — If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.
- with sb's compliments — If you say that you are giving someone something with your compliments, you are saying in a polite and fairly formal way that you are giving it to them, especially as a gift or a favour.