18-letter words containing ee
- schengen agreement — an agreement, signed in 1985 at a meeting of European leaders near Schengen, Luxembourg, but not implemented until 1995, to gradually abolish border controls within Europe; it was supplemented in 1990 by the Schengen Convention; in 1999 the agreement was incorporated into European Union law. Twenty-six countries acceded by 2015; the UK is not a signatory
- scottish deerhound — one of a Scottish breed of large, tall hunting dogs having a medium-length, wiry, gray or reddish-fawn coat, originally developed for hunting and bringing down deer, and known as the royal dog of Scotland.
- second-degree burn — a burned place or area: a burn where fire had ripped through the forest.
- security agreement — business: contract
- see the last of sb — not encounter sb anymore
- selective breeding — the raising of animals with particular genetic traits through careful choice of parents
- silvery spleenwort — a fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, of eastern North America, having fronds from 20 to 30 inches (50.8 to 76.2 cm) long on yellowish-green stalks.
- sit at the feet of — to be an admiring disciple of
- ski-mountaineering — a combination of the sports of skiing and mountaineering, for example by climbing up a mountain then skiing down it
- sleeping policeman — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to deter motorists from speeding
- social engineering — the application of the findings of social science to the solution of actual social problems.
- sow dragon's teeth — to take some action that is intended to prevent strife or trouble but that actually brings it about
- speech recognition — Computers. the computerized analysis of spoken words in order to identify the speaker, as in security systems, or to respond to voiced commands: the analysis is performed by finding patterns in the spectrum of the incoming sound and comparing them with stored patterns of elements of sound, as phones, or of complete words.
- speech synthesizer — device that imitates human voice
- standing committee — a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
- steering committee — a committee, especially of a deliberative or legislative body, charged with preparing the agenda of a session.
- stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
- street certificate — a certificate showing ownership of a specified number of shares of stock: endorsed by the owner and guaranteed by a broker, it may be traded without formal transfer on the books of the corporation issuing the stock.
- street credibility — street cred.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- sunflower seed oil — the oil extracted from sunflower seeds, used as a salad oil, in the manufacture of margarine, etc
- sweet vernal grass — a Eurasian meadow grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum, found throughout North America, having clusters of brownish-green flowers.
- take a deep breath — If you say that you took a deep breath before doing something dangerous or frightening, you mean that you tried to make yourself feel strong and confident.
- take heed/pay heed — If you take heed of what someone says or if you pay heed to them, you pay attention to them and consider carefully what they say.
- talk between ships — TBS (def 1).
- the heebie-jeebies — apprehension and nervousness
- the queen of sheba — a queen of the Sabeans, who visited Solomon (I Kings 10:1–13)
- the three wise men — the wise men from the east who came to do homage to the infant Jesus
- three-body problem — the problem of calculating the motions of three bodies in space moving under the influence of only their mutual gravitational attraction.
- three-cornered hat — a triangular shaped hat which was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries; its turned up brim formed a gutter for catching rain
- three-day eventing — participation in a three day equestrian competition consisting of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping
- three-quarter time — the meter of a musical composition having a time signature of 3/4 and three quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure.
- to agree to differ — If two people who are arguing about something agree to disagree or agree to differ, they decide to stop arguing because neither of them is going to change their opinion.
- to cool your heels — If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient.
- to find one's feet — If you say that someone is finding their feet in a new situation, you mean that they are starting to feel confident and to deal with things successfully.
- to grit your teeth — If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult.
- to meet your match — If you meet your match, you find that you are competing or fighting against someone who you cannot beat because they are as good as you, or better than you.
- to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
- torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
- trustee investment — an investment in which trustees are authorized to invest money belonging to a trust fund
- turn on one's heel — to turn around abruptly
- ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
- watchdog committee — a committee responsible for monitoring standards of behaviour
- wedge-heeled shoes — shoes with wedge heels
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- wild sweet william — blue phlox.
- yellow-green algae — a group of common single-celled and colonial algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having mostly yellow and green pigments, occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or scum on ponds and stagnant waters.