27-letter words containing n, o, t, a, h, i
- to give someone a free hand — If someone gives you a free hand, they give you the freedom to use your own judgment and to do exactly as you wish.
- to go part way to doing sth — to partially achieve something; go some way towards doing something
- to hit the nail on the head — If you say that someone has hit the nail on the head, you think they are exactly right about something.
- to know something backwards — In British English, if you say that someone knows something backwards, you are emphasizing that they know it very well. In American English, you say that someone knows something backward and forward.
- to put your thinking cap on — to ponder a matter or problem
- to rule sb with a high hand — to behave imperiously towards someone
- to the accompaniment of sth — If one thing happens to the accompaniment of another, they happen at the same time.
- to throw money at something — If you say that someone is throwing money at a problem, you are critical of them for trying to improve it by spending money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful and practical things to improve it.
- trichlorophenoxyacetic acid — an insoluble crystalline solid; 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid. It is a plant hormone and is used as a weedkiller. Formula: C8H5Cl3O3
- virtual machine environment — (operating system) (VME) ICL's mainframe operating system.
- what sb is (going) on about — If you ask someone what they are on about or what they are going on about, you are puzzled because you cannot understand what they are talking about.
- wirehaired pointing griffon — griffon2 (def 2).
- with one's back to the wall — in a difficult or desperate situation
- you can't have it both ways — If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both.