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21-letter words containing s, h, a

  • weinberg-salam theory — electroweak theory.
  • west lothian question — the apparent inconsistency that members of parliament who represent Scottish constituencies are eligible to vote at Westminster on matters that relate only to England, whereas members of parliament from English constituencies are not eligible to vote on Scottish matters
  • what price something? — what are the chances of something happening now?
  • what the future holds — If you wonder what the future holds, you wonder what will happen in the future.
  • whistling in the dark — If you say that someone is whistling in the dark, you mean that they are trying to remain brave and convince themselves that the situation is not as bad as it seems.
  • white-crowned sparrow — a North American sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys, having black and white stripes on the head.
  • wholesale price index — an indicator of price changes in the wholesale market
  • with one's bare hands — If someone does something with their bare hands, they do it without using any weapons or tools.
  • writ of habeas corpus — law: petition for hearing
  • x-ray crystallography — the determination of the structure of a crystal by the use of x-ray diffraction.
  • youth training scheme — (formerly, in Britain) a scheme, run by the Training Agency, to provide vocational training for unemployed 16–17-year-olds
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