17-letter words containing t, o, d, h

life and/or death — If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
liquidity cushion — a reserve fund of assets held by a company or person
lithium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, LiOH, used to absorb carbon dioxide, especially in spacesuits.
lobster thermidor — a dish of cooked lobster meat placed back in the shell with a cream sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and melted butter, and browned in the oven.
loggerhead turtle — a sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head: now greatly reduced in number.
lord of the flies — a novel (1954) by William Golding.
lymphadenopathies — Plural form of lymphadenopathy.
maintained school — a school financially supported by the state
manufactured home — a prefabricated house, assembled in modular sections.
medium close shot — a shot taken fairly close to the subject, but not as close as a close-up
merchant of death — a company, nation, or person that sells military arms on the international market, usually to the highest bidder and without scruple or regard for political ramifications.
method invocation — (programming) In object-oriented programming, the way the program looks up the right code to run when a method with a given name is called ("invoked") on an object. The method is first looked for in the object's class, then that class's superclass and so on up the class hierarchy until a method with the given name is found (the name is "resolved"). Generally, method lookup cannot be performed at compile time because the object's class is not known until run time. This is the case for an object method whereas a class method is just an ordinary function (that is bundled with a given class) and can be resolved at compile time (or load time in the case of a dynamically loaded library).
method of payment — cash, credit card, cheque, etc.
methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
mitochondrial dna — DNA found in mitochondria, which contains some structural genes and is generally inherited only through the female line
modern pentathlon — an athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding with jumps, fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and cross-country running
modulo arithmetic — modular arithmetic
montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
neck of the woods — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
ninth commandment — “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”: ninth of the Ten Commandments.
nitrohydrochloric — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric acid and hydrochloric acids.
nitroxanthic acid — picric acid.
north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
northern rhodesia — former name of Zambia.
northern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, lying northeast of Euboea
northern studfish — See under studfish.
not one to do sth — If you say that someone is not one to do something, you think that it is very unlikely that they would do it because it is not their normal behaviour.
not the full quid — mentally subnormal
nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
number three wood — spoon (def 5).
of the old school — If you approve of someone because they have good qualities that used to be more common in the past, you can describe them as one of the old school.
old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
on condition that — a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
on one's deathbed — about to die
on second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
on the barrelhead — upon being presented for sale; at the time of delivery
on the debit side — the debit side of a situation is the aspect of it which is less positive, pleasant, or useful than its other aspects
on the foundation — an endowment or legacy for the perpetual support of an institution such as a school or hospital
on the heavy side — tending to be too heavy
on the other hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
one of these days — at some future time
orthovanadic acid — an oxyacid of vanadium, known chiefly in the form of its vanadate salts. Formula: H3VO4
out of one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
out of the window — dispensed with; disregarded
out of this world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
overhead camshaft — a camshaft in an automotive engine that is located in the cylinder head over the engine block rather than in the block. Abbreviation: OHC.
overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
parathyroid gland — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.

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