24-letter words containing u, n, h, a
- three-quarter turn stair — a staircase requiring a three-quarter turn at each landing for continued ascent or descent.
- throw one's weight about — to act in an authoritarian or aggressive manner
- to have egg on your face — If someone has egg on their face or has egg all over their face, they have been made to look foolish.
- to jump on the bandwagon — If someone, especially a politician, jumps or climbs on the bandwagon, they become involved in an activity or movement because it is fashionable or likely to succeed and not because they are really interested in it.
- to make boundary changes — to change the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, because of population shifts
- two/three/four of a kind — If you refer, for example, to two, three, or four of a kind, you mean two, three, or four similar people or things that seem to go well or belong together.
- under the sway of sb/sth — If you are under the sway of someone or something, they have great influence over you.
- virtual home environment — (VHE) A tool for using NFS on HP UX.
- voluntary aid detachment — (in World War I) an organization of British women volunteers who assisted in military hospitals and ambulance duties
- webster-ashburton treaty — U.S. History. an agreement between the U.S. and England (1842) defining the boundary between British and American territory from Maine to present-day Minnesota.
- what are you playing at? — If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
- what are you waiting for — If you say to someone 'What are you waiting for?' you are telling them to hurry up and do something.
- when the balloon goes up — when the trouble or action begins
- work/go/run like a charm — If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.
- your heart is not in sth — If your heart isn't in the thing you are doing, you have very little enthusiasm for it, usually because you are depressed or are thinking about something else.