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29-letter words containing u, n, h, i

  • to be bursting with something — to be teeming with or crammed full of something
  • to err on the side of caution — If you err on the side of caution, for example, you decide to act in a cautious way, rather than take risks.
  • to run the gamut of something — To run the gamut of something means to include, express, or experience all the different things of that kind, or a wide variety of them.
  • to shoot yourself in the foot — If you shoot yourself in the foot, something you say or do causes you harm.
  • training opportunities scheme — a former government scheme offering vocational training to unemployed people
  • twist the knife in sb's wound — If you twist the knife in someone's wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant.
  • until one is blue in the face — to the utmost degree; indefinitely
  • war of the spanish succession — a war (1701–14) fought by Austria, England, the Netherlands, and Prussia against France and Spain, arising from disputes about the succession in Spain after the death of Charles II of Spain.
  • windows hardware quality labs — (body, standard)   (WHQL) A Microsoft body that produces and supports the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility Test kit for current Microsoft operating systems. Products are tested with the kit to ensure that they meet Microsoft standards for compatibility with Windows and to qualify to use the "Designed for Microsoft Windows" logos.
  • within earshot/out of earshot — If you are within earshot of someone or something, you are close enough to be able to hear them. If you are out of earshot, you are too far away to hear them.
  • you can't hear yourself think — If you say that you can't hear yourself think, you are complaining and emphasizing that there is a lot of noise, and that it is disturbing you or preventing you from doing something.
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