17-letter words containing t, h, e, d, i
- fine-toothed comb — a comb with fine, closely set teeth
- freight forwarder — a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
- friend of dorothy — a male homosexual
- front-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted through the front wheels only.
- further education — adult education.
- garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
- generalized other — an individual's internalized impression of societal norms and expectations.
- george whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
- get into bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- give the go-ahead — authorize sb to do sth
- give to the world — to publish
- go by the wayside — to be put aside on account of something more urgent
- go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- going to the dogs — If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
- good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
- greenland halibut — a flatfish, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, similar and related to the halibut
- haemorrhoidectomy — surgical removal of haemorrhoids
- hairy-tailed mole — a blackish North American mole, Parascalops breweri, having a short, hairy tail.
- haitian solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Solenodon paradoxus, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
- handicap register — a list of the disabled people in its area that a local authority had a duty to compile under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
- hanging indention — an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width.
- hardware register — (hardware, system administration) (Or "hardware log") A list of all hardware, both internal and external, that is attached to a particular computer.
- head of the river — any of various annual rowing regattas held on particular rivers
- heptanedioic acid — pimelic acid.
- heritage industry — an industry that manages the historical sites, buildings, and museums in a particular place, with the aim of encouraging tourism
- hermaphrodite rig — jackass rig.
- high-density disk — a computer storage disk capable of holding more than 720 kilobytes of data
- hillel foundation — a national organization, founded in 1924 by the B'nai B'rith, that institutes and administers programs designed to enrich the religious, cultural, and social life of Jewish college students.
- historical method — the process of establishing general facts and principles through attention to chronology and to the evolution or historical course of what is being studied.
- hit over the head — to strike on the head
- hit the headlines — be prominently featured in the news
- holding operation — a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation
- holistic medicine — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- homeland security — national defence
- homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
- hornblende schist — a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
- hotel limo driver — A hotel limo driver is the person whose job it is to drive the hotel limo.
- how the land lies — the prevailing conditions or state of affairs
- hydroelectrically — Using hydroelectric power.
- hydrotherapeutics — hydrotherapy.
- hydroxytryptamine — (organic compound) Any hydroxy derivative of tryptamine, but especially 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin).
- i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
- icositetrahedrons — Plural form of icositetrahedron.
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- in the wilderness — If politicians or other well-known people spend time in the wilderness, they are not in an influential position or very active in their profession for that time.
- in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
- indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
- indirect lighting — reflected or diffused light, used especially in interiors to avoid glare or shadows.
- indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
- induction heating — a method of heating a conducting material, as metal in a furnace, by using electromagnetic induction to establish a current in the material.