24-letter words containing o, h, m
- rocky mountain whitefish — mountain whitefish.
- rubaiyat of omar khayyam — a free translation (first published in 1859) by Edward FitzGerald of a group of quatrains by the Persian poet Omar Khayyám.
- see someone hanged first — to refuse absolutely to do what one has been asked
- set the wheels in motion — If someone sets the wheels in motion, they take the necessary action to make something start happening.
- six nations championship — the annual competition involving national sides representing England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales. Until the admission of Italy in 2000, it was known as the Five Nations Championship
- sodium hexametaphosphate — See under Calgon.
- stab someone in the back — If you say that someone has stabbed you in the back, you mean that they have done something very harmful to you when you thought that you could trust them. You can refer to an action of this kind as a stab in the back.
- synchronous graphics ram — Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory
- take someone at his word — to assume that someone means, or will do, what he or she says
- the department of health — a department of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with governmental policy relating to health in England but not elsewhere in the United Kingdom
- the last of the mohicans — a historical novel (1826) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- the long-term unemployed — people who have no job and have not worked for a long time
- the ravages of something — the destructive effects of something
- the realm of possibility — If you say that something is not beyond the realms of possibility, you mean that it is possible.
- the suffragette movement — a movement advocating of the extension of the franchise to women, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century
- the whole shooting match — everything; the whole lot
- thermal neutron analyzer — a baggage-screening device that detects explosives by using low-energy neutrons to sense gamma radiation.
- thompson sub-machine-gun — a .45 calibre sub-machine-gun
- to break someone's heart — If someone breaks your heart, they make you very sad and unhappy, usually because they end a love affair or close relationship with you.
- to burn the midnight oil — If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
- to carry sth to extremes — to overdo something
- to have it in mind to do — If you have it in mind to do something, you intend or want to do it.
- to jump on the bandwagon — If someone, especially a politician, jumps or climbs on the bandwagon, they become involved in an activity or movement because it is fashionable or likely to succeed and not because they are really interested in it.
- to keep something at bay — If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you.
- to lay something to rest — If you lay something such as fears or rumours to rest or if you put them to rest, you succeed in proving that they are not true.
- to make boundary changes — to change the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, because of population shifts
- to move heaven and earth — If you move heaven and earth to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it.
- to set fire to something — If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
- to show someone the door — If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you.
- tri-nations championship — (from 1996–2011) the annual tournament in which the national sides representing Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa compete; in 2012 Argentina entered and the competition became the Rugby Championship
- trisodium orthophosphate — a sodium salt of orthophosphoric acid having the formula Na3PO4
- until the cows come home — the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- vienna definition method — Vienna Development Method
- virtual home environment — (VHE) A tool for using NFS on HP UX.
- voluntary aid detachment — (in World War I) an organization of British women volunteers who assisted in military hospitals and ambulance duties
- when one's ship comes in — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- when push comes to shove — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- where one is coming from — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- work/go/run like a charm — If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.