24-letter words containing v, s, h
- a close call/shave/thing — If you describe an event as a close shave, a close thing, or a close call, you mean that an accident or a disaster very nearly happened.
- advance purchase booking — Advance purchase booking is an arrangement that allows you to book and pay for a hotel room before you arrive, usually at a discounted rate.
- avian pneumoencephalitis — Newcastle disease.
- behavioral psychophysics — the branch of psychology that deals with measurement of mental and sensory phenomena brought on by physical stimuli.
- black english vernacular — Black English (def 1). Abbreviation: BEV.
- black vernacular english — Black English (def 1). Abbreviation: BEV.
- black-english-vernacular — Also called African American Vernacular English, African American English, Afro-American English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular English.a dialect of American English characterized by pronunciations, syntactic structures, and vocabulary associated with and used by some North American black people and exhibiting a wide variety and range of forms varying in the extent to which they differ from standard English.
- chain and sprocket drive — A chain and sprocket drive is a type of power transmission in which a roller chain engages with two or more toothed wheels or sprockets, used in engines as a drive from crankshaft to camshaft.
- chesapeake bay retriever — a strongly built variety of retriever with a short thick, slightly wavy coat in straw colour, reddish gold, or brown
- congestive heart failure — heart failure characterized by weakness, breathlessness, and abnormal congestion in the circulatory system, esp. in the lungs or lower legs
- cross/step over the line — If you say that someone has crossed the line or has stepped over the line, you mean that they have behaved in a way that is considered unacceptable.
- descriptive bibliography — the aspect of bibliography concerned with the close physical study and description of books and other works.
- developmental psychology — a branch of psychology that studies changes in human behavior from early life to death.
- diminished seventh chord — a chord often used in an enharmonic modulation and very common in modern music, esp jazz and pop music, consisting of a diminished triad with an added diminished seventh above the root
- double overhead camshaft — a pair of overhead camshafts, one to operate the intake valves and the other to operate the exhaust valves. Abbreviation: DOHC.
- false lily of the valley — a low-growing woodland plant, Maianthemum canadense, of the lily family, native to northeastern North America, having a cluster of small white flowers.
- give hostages to fortune — to place oneself in a position in which misfortune may strike through the loss of what one values most
- give sb/sth a wide berth — If you give someone or something a wide berth, you avoid them because you think they are unpleasant or dangerous, or simply because you do not like them.
- give someone enough rope — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- give something houseroom — to have or keep something in one's house
- have (got) sth on the go — If you have something on the go, you have started it and are busy doing it.
- have ants in one's pants — any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the family Formicidae, of worldwide distribution especially in warm climates, having a large head with inner jaws for chewing and outer jaws for carrying and digging, and living in highly organized colonies containing wingless female workers, a winged queen, and, during breeding seasons, winged males, some species being noted for engaging in warfare, slavemaking, or the cultivation of food sources.
- have at one's fingertips — to have available for instant use
- have one's head straight — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- have sth up one's sleeve — If you have something up your sleeve, you have an idea or plan which you have not told anyone about. You can also say that someone has an ace, card, or trick up their sleeve.
- have the drop on someone — to have the advantage over someone
- have your eye on someone — If someone has their eye on you, they are watching you carefully to see what you do.
- head and shoulders above — vastly superior to
- house of representatives — the lower legislative branch in many national and state bicameral governing bodies, as in the United States, Mexico, and Japan.
- involuntary manslaughter — the unlawful but unintentional killing of a human being
- kennelly-heaviside layer — E layer.
- leave much to be desired — be inadequate
- leave someone to himself — not to control or direct someone
- look over one's shoulder — If you say that someone is looking over their shoulder, you mean that they feel anxious all the time about what someone may do to them.
- michael viii palaeologus — 1234–1282, Byzantine ruler 1259–82, first of the Palaeologus emperors.
- national weather service — an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasts, storm and flood warnings, etc.
- not to have the foggiest — to have no idea whatsoever
- private health insurance — insurance against the need for medical treatment as a private patient
- punch above one's weight — to do something that is considered to be beyond one's ability
- research and development — the part of a commercial company's activity concerned with applying the results of scientific research to develop new products and improve existing ones
- scalable vector graphics — (graphics, web) A W3C standard for vector graphics, based on XML.
- schizoaffective disorder — a psychotic disorder in which symptoms of schizophrenia and affective disorder occur simultaneously.
- superheterodyne receiver — a radio receiver that combines two radio-frequency signals by heterodyne action, to produce a signal above the audible frequency limit. This signal is amplified and demodulated to give the desired audio-frequency signal
- supportive psychotherapy — a type of psychotherapy that seeks to reduce psychological conflict and strengthen a patient's defenses through the use of various techniques, as reassurance, suggestion, counseling, and reeducation.
- the ravages of something — the destructive effects of something
- the suffragette movement — a movement advocating of the extension of the franchise to women, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century
- to have seen better days — If you say that something has seen better days, you mean that it is old and in poor condition.
- to have to hand it to sb — You say things such as 'You have to hand it to her' or 'You've got to hand it to them' when you admire someone for their skills or achievements and you think they deserve a lot of praise.
- twenty-four-hour service — a banking service that is always available
- twenty-seventh amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1992, ensuring that no laws relating to Congressional salaries take effect until after the next Congressional election.
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