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20-letter words containing s, e, a, h, n, g

  • the thousand guineas — an annual horse race, restricted to fillies, run at Newmarket since 1814
  • there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
  • thought transference — transference of thought by extrasensory means from the mind of one individual to another; telepathy.
  • to be a warning shot — to be a warning
  • to gnash one's teeth — If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth, you mean they are angry or frustrated about something.
  • to reach new heights — to become higher than ever before
  • tubing head pressure — The tubing head pressure is the pressure on the tubing, which is measured at the wellhead.
  • visual merchandising — Visual merchandising is the use of attractive displays and floor plans to increase customer numbers and sales volumes.
  • waiting in the wings — standing offstage and ready to make an entrance
  • warrensville heights — a city in NE Ohio.
  • watering of the eyes — the formation of tears in the eyes
  • weights and measures — units or standards of measurement
  • with all one's might — If you do something with all your might, you do it using all your strength and energy.
  • working relationship — a relationship with a colleague, boss or employee
  • your marching orders — If you give someone their marching orders, you tell them that you no longer want or need them, for example as your employee or as your lover.
  • yu-shiang whole fish — /yoo-shyang hohl fish/ An obsolete name for the Greek character gamma (extended SAIL ASCII code 9, Unicode glyph 0x0263) which with a loop in its tail looks like a little fish swimming down the page. The term is actually the name of a Chinese dish in which a fish is cooked whole (not parsed) and covered with Yu-Shiang (or Yu-Hsiang) sauce. Used primarily by people on the MIT LISP Machine, which could display this character on the screen. Tends to elicit incredulity from people who hear about it second-hand.
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