18-letter words containing l, i, n

television cabinet — a cabinet on which a television set is placed or in which it is encased
television company — a company that broadcasts programmes by television
television licence — a certificate giving official permission to own a television set
television station — station (def 8).
telford and wrekin — a unitary authority in W Central England, in Shropshire. Pop: 160 300 (2003 est). Area: 289 sq km (112 sq miles)
temporal summation — the act or process of summing.
tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
terrestrial planet — inner planet.
territorialization — to extend by adding new territory.
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
the general public — the people in a society; people in general
the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
the internationale — a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
the masurian lakes — a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland: scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
the north atlantic — the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, especially the waters separating North America and Europe
the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
thrills and spills — If you refer to thrills and spills, you are referring to an experience which is exciting and full of surprises.
throw in the towel — an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
timber rattlesnake — a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands.
time of one's life — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
to a grinding halt — If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends.
to be tickled pink — If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something.
to close your mind — If you close your mind to something, you deliberately do not think about it or pay attention to it.
to fall into place — If things fall into place, events happen naturally to produce a situation you want.
to find fault with — If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
to lay it on thick — If someone is laying it on thick or is laying it on, they are exaggerating a statement, experience, or emotion in order to try to impress people.
to let it be known — If you let it be known that something is the case, or you let something be known, you make sure that people know it or can find out about it.
to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
to save one's life — If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly.
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
touch-in-goal line — either of the two touchlines at each end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.

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