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19-letter words containing t, h, o

  • don the baggy green — to represent Australia at Test cricket
  • don't do that then! — (humour)   (From an old doctor's office joke about a patient with a trivial complaint) A stock response to a user complaint. "When I type control-S, the whole system comes to a halt for thirty seconds." "Well don't do that then!"
  • don't make me laugh — Some people reply to other people's comments or opinions by saying 'Don't make me laugh' when they disagree with them and think they are foolish or inaccurate.
  • draw the color line — to impose or accept the color line
  • draw the curtain on — to end
  • drink the health of — to salute or celebrate with a toast
  • drop the other shoe — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
  • dwight d eisenhowerDwight David ("Ike") 1890–1969, U.S. general and statesman: Chief of Staff 1945–48; 34th president of the U.S. 1953–61.
  • earthquake coverage — Earthquake coverage is insurance coverage for damage caused by earthquakes.
  • east dunbartonshire — a council area of central Scotland to the N of Glasgow: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 until 1996: mainly agricultural and residential. Administrative centre: Kirkintilloch. Pop: 106 970 (2003 est). Area: 172 sq km (66 sq miles)
  • eat one's heart out — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • eat someone's lunch — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
  • electro-shock baton — a baton used as a weapon to pass an electric current through part of the body
  • electrocardiographs — Plural form of electrocardiograph.
  • electrocardiography — The measurement of electrical activity in the heart and the recording of such activity as a visual trace (on paper or on an oscilloscope screen), using electrodes placed on the skin of the limbs and chest.
  • electrohydrodynamic — (physics) Of or pertaining to electrohydrodynamics.
  • electromechanically — In an electromechanical way.
  • electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
  • electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
  • electropalatography — the study of the movements of the tongue during speech using touch-sensitive electrodes in the mouth linked to a computer
  • electrophoretically — By means of electrophoresis.
  • electrophotographic — Of or pertaining to electrophotography.
  • electrophysiologist — A physiologist whose speciality is electrophysiology.
  • electrotherapeutics — (medicine) the use of electricity in therapeutics.
  • emergency telephone — a public telephone intended for use in emergencies: for example, at the side of a motorway
  • enabling technology — technology that enables the user to perform a task or to improve his or her overall performance: e.g. the internet
  • english toy spaniel — breed of dog
  • equatorial zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at the equator
  • estate of the realm — an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons
  • euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
  • exhibitionistically — In an exhibitionistic manner.
  • exophthalmic goiter — a disease of unknown cause characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, overproduction of the thyroid hormone, and abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs
  • exophthalmic goitre — a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss
  • fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
  • fashion coordinator — a person in a department store or other establishment who coordinates activities centered upon or related to fashion, as fashion themes, shows, displays, and promotion.
  • father of the house — (in Britain) the longest-serving member of the House of Commons
  • feather-duster worm — any tube-dwelling polychaete worm of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae, the numerous species having a crown of feathery tentacles used in feeding and respiration.
  • fight to the finish — A fight to the finish is one in which one of the people or groups fighting is killed or completely defeated.
  • fighter-interceptor — a fighter plane used for the defense of a region against air attack, especially by attacking bombers.
  • finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
  • first-past-the-post — A first-past-the-post system for choosing members of parliament or other representatives is one in which the candidate who gets most votes wins.
  • flame-of-the-forest — a leguminous tree, Butea frondosa, native to E India and Myanmar, having hanging clusters of scarlet flowers
  • flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
  • flavor of the month — Informal. the subject of intense, usually temporary interest; the current fashion.
  • fluoride toothpaste — toothpaste containing a small amount of fluoride as protection against tooth decay
  • fly in the ointment — Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
  • focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
  • focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
  • for all it is worth — If someone does something for all it is worth, they do it as much as possible and for as long as they can get benefit from it.
  • for all sb is worth — If you do something for all you are worth, you do it with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
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