24-letter words containing t, e, p, h, i
- 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 light the touch paper — if someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper, they do something which causes anger or excitement
- trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- trisodium orthophosphate — a sodium salt of orthophosphoric acid having the formula Na3PO4
- ultra low sulphur diesel — a type of diesel fuel that has a low sulphur content
- variable pitch propeller — a propeller in which the angle of the blades with regard to air flow can be adjusted while it is in operation
- what are you playing at? — If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
- within spitting distance — If one place is within spitting distance of another, they are very close to each other.
- 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.