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18-letter words containing t, h, e, f, r

  • peter and the wolf — a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936. It is a children's story with both music and text, spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra
  • pick of the litter — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
  • quick off the mark — If you are quick off the mark, you are quick to understand or respond to something. If you are slow off the mark, you are slow to understand or respond to something.
  • reach for the moon — to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain
  • resistance fighter — someone who fights (for freedom, etc) against an invader in an occupied country, or against their government, etc, often secretly or illegally
  • return to the fold — come back home
  • saint peter's fish — another name for tilapia, taken from a Bible story about Saint Peter catching a fish with a coin in its mouth
  • school certificate — (in England and Wales between 1917 and 1951 and currently in New Zealand) a certificate awarded to school pupils who pass a public examination: the equivalent of GCSE
  • scruff of the neck — If someone takes you by the scruff of the neck, they take hold of the back of your neck or collar suddenly and roughly.
  • sell oneself short — If you sell someone short, you do not point out their good qualities as much as you should or do as much for them as you should.
  • shatterproof glass — glass designed to resist shattering
  • shift one's ground — to change one's argument or defense
  • shoot from the hip — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
  • sixth-form college — (in England and Wales) a college offering A-level and other courses to pupils over sixteen from local schools, esp from those that do not have sixth forms
  • smooth fox terrier — a breed of short-haired fox terrier with a mostly white, smooth coat.
  • sonic depth finder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
  • sound and the fury — a novel (1929) by William Faulkner.
  • spotted flycatcher — a European woodland songbird, Muscicapa striata, with a greyish-brown streaked plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)
  • spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
  • take the wraps off — to reveal
  • the better part of — a large part of
  • the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
  • the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
  • the fourth of july — a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
  • the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
  • the full treatment — If you say that someone is given the full treatment, you mean either that they are treated extremely well or that they are treated extremely severely.
  • the mosque of omar — the mosque in Jerusalem, Israel, built in 691 ad by caliph 'Abd al-Malik: the third most holy place of Islam; stands on the Temple Mount alongside the al-Aqsa mosque
  • the worse for wear — If you say that someone is the worse for wear, you mean that they are tired, ill, or in a bad state because they have been very active, been through a difficult experience, or been drinking alcohol.
  • theater of cruelty — a form of surrealist theater originated by Antonin Artaud and emphasizing the cruelty of human existence by portraying sadistic acts and intense suffering.
  • theatre of cruelty — a type of theatre advocated by Antonin Artaud in Le Théâtre et son double that seeks to communicate to its audience a sense of pain, suffering, and evil, using gesture, movement, sound, and symbolism rather than language
  • thermal efficiency — the ratio of the work output of a heat engine to the heat input expressed in the same units of energy.
  • think the world of — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
  • throw oneself into — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
  • to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
  • too clever by half — If someone is too clever by half, they are very clever and they show their cleverness in a way that annoys other people.
  • under the aegis of — guided or protected by
  • ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
  • water of hydration — the portion of a hydrate that is represented as, or can be expelled as, water: now usually regarded as being in true molecular combination with the other atoms of the compound, and not existing in the compound as water.
  • wave of the future — a trend or development that may influence or become a significant part of the future: Computerization is the wave of the future.
  • weather forecaster — meteorologist
  • where you left off — If something continues from where it left off, it starts happening again at the point where it had previously stopped.
  • white-faced hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • white-fronted tern — a coastal bird of New Zealand and SE Australia, Sterna striata, with a long black bill, a white breast, and a forked tail
  • whitewater rafting — the sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers, esp over rapids
  • woman of the world — a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
  • writ of attachment — a document by which a court orders the seizing of property in order to ensure satisfaction of a judgement
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