17-letter words containing l, a, y, h, o, d
- phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
- psychoeducational — designating or of psychological methods, as intelligence tests, used in evaluating learning ability
- pull your head in — be quiet!
- revealed theology — theology based on the doctrine that all religious truth is derived exclusively from the revelations of God to humans.
- school playground — school's outdoor recreation area
- shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- shuttle diplomacy — diplomatic negotiations carried out by a mediator who travels back and forth between the negotiating parties.
- statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
- 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 good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
- the lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
- to play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
- undulatory theory — wave theory (def 1).
- yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
- youth-and-old-age — a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.