24-letter words containing s, h, e, c, i
- the official secrets act — an act of Parliament that covers the protection of information relating to state security
- the second international — an international association of socialist parties and trade unions that began in Paris in 1889 and collapsed during World War I. The right-wing elements reassembled at Berne in 1919
- the wars of the diadochi — a series of conflicts between 321 and 281 bc, fought by six Macedonian generals who, after the death of Alexander the Great, desired control of his empire
- the whole shooting match — everything; the whole lot
- thompson sub-machine-gun — a .45 calibre sub-machine-gun
- three-spined stickleback — a small teleost fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus, of the family Gasterosteidae, of rivers and coastal regions, having three spines along the back and occurring in cold and temperate northern regions
- to rise to the challenge — If someone rises to the challenge, they act in response to a difficult situation which is new to them and are successful.
- transcendental aesthetic — (in Kantian epistemology) the study of space and time as the a priori forms of perception.
- trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- twenty-four-hour service — a banking service that is always available
- until the cows come home — the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- when one's ship comes in — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- where one is coming from — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- which way the wind blows — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
- within spitting distance — If one place is within spitting distance of another, they are very close to each other.
- within striking distance — If you are within striking distance of something, or if something is within striking distance, it is quite near, so it could be reached or achieved quite easily.
- wolf in sheep's clothing — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.