20-letter words containing t, i, l, e, n

the greater antilles — a group of islands in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico
the last word in sth — If you say that something is the last word in luxury, comfort, or some other quality, you are emphasizing that it has a great deal of this quality.
the legal profession — the profession of law
the leisure industry — businesses such as cinemas, restaurants, sports facilities etc
the toronto blessing — a variety of emotional reactions such as laughing, weeping, and fainting, experienced by participants in a form of charismatic Christian worship
the whole nine yards — everything that is required; the whole thing
there is no call for — If you say that there is no call for someone to behave in a particular way, you are criticizing their behaviour, usually because you think it is rude.
there's nothing like — a general expression of praise
thermal conductivity — the amount of heat per unit time per unit area that can be conducted through a plate of unit thickness of a given material, the faces of the plate differing by one unit of temperature.
thirty-nine articles — a set of formulas defining the doctrinal position of the Church of England, drawn up in the 16th century, to which the clergy are required to give general consent
thorn in one's flesh — a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
to be walking on air — If you say that you are walking on air or floating on air, you mean that you feel extremely happy about something.
to burst into flames — If something bursts into flames or bursts into flame, it suddenly starts burning strongly.
to give someone hell — If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong.
to hit the headlines — Someone or something that hits the headlines or grabs the headlines gets a lot of publicity from the media.
to let the side down — If you say that someone has let the side down, you mean that they have embarrassed their family or friends by behaving badly or not doing well at something.
to line your pockets — If you say that someone is lining their own or someone else's pockets, you disapprove of them because they are making money dishonestly or unfairly.
to live and let live — You say live and let live as a way of saying that you should let other people behave in the way that they want to and not criticize them for behaving differently from you.
to tighten your belt — If you have to tighten your belt, you have to spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
townsend's solitaire — a brownish, slender-billed songbird, Myadestes townsendi, of western North America.
track-laying vehicle — A track-laying vehicle is a vehicle whose wheels run inside a continuous chain or track.
traditional marriage — Anthropology. the primary established form of marriage recognized in a given country or religious or social group at a given time: In that culture, traditional marriage requires the families of the future bride and groom to engage in ritual visits and exchange gifts.
traditional medicine — systems of medicine developed before the era of modern medicine, based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation
trailing vortex drag — drag arising from vortices that occur behind a body moving through a gas or liquid
transcendental logic — (in Kantian epistemology) the study of the mind with reference to its perceptions of external objects and to the objective truth of such perceptions.
travel-sickness pill — a pill which is used to relieve the symptoms of travel or motion sickness, the condition of being nauseated from riding in a moving vehicle
travelling-wave tube — an electronic tube in which an electron beam interacts with a distributed high-frequency magnetic field so that energy is transferred from the beam to the field
trigeminal neuralgia — tic douloureux.
triphenylmethane dye — any of a great number of dyes, as gentian violet, fuchsin, and rosaniline, produced from triphenylmethane by replacement of the ring hydrogen atoms with hydroxy, amino, sulfo, or other atoms or groups.
triple witching hour — the last hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the four Fridays each year when stock options, stock index futures, and options on such futures simultaneously expire: regarded as a time of extreme volatility in trading.
troilus and cressida — a satiric comedy (1598–1602?) by Shakespeare.
tropical continental — a type of warm, dry air mass originating at low latitudes over land areas
tropical disturbance — a very weak, or incipient, tropical cyclone.
turnip-rooted celery — celeriac.
twelve-string guitar — an acoustic guitar having twelve strings instead of six, with each pair tuned an octave apart, and more difficult to play than the standard guitar.
twiddle one's thumbs — to turn about or play with lightly or idly, especially with the fingers; twirl.
ultimate constituent — an element of a construction that cannot be further divided into grammatical constituents: the morphemes of an utterance are usually considered to be its ultimate constituents.
uncharacteristically — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
undistributed middle — Logic. a middle term of a syllogism that does not refer to its entire class in the major premise or minor premise, with the result that the syllogism is not valid.
unemployment benefit — an allowance of money paid, usually weekly, to an unemployed worker by a state or federal agency or by the worker's labor union or former employer during all or part of the period of unemployment.
unemployment figures — statistics relating to the number of people who are out of work
unified field theory — electroweak theory.
unique selling point — a feature of a product that is emphasized in advertising material and sales presentations
united arab republic — a name given the union of Egypt and Syria from 1958 to 1961; after that, the official name of Egypt alone until 1971. Abbreviation: U.A.R.
universal quantifier — a quantifier indicating that the sentential function within its scope is true for all values of any variable included in the quantifier.
until further notice — If a situation is said to exist until further notice, it will continue for an uncertain length of time until someone changes it.
vertical combination — the integration within one company of individual businesses working separately in related phases of the production and sale of a product.
vertical envelopment — envelopment of an enemy accomplished by parachuting and landing airborne troops at the rear of the enemy's position.
vertical integration — the joining together of all companies or firms involved in manufacturing a product into one company or firm

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