20-letter words containing ee
- second-degree murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- see the light of day — come into being
- see with half an eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- software engineering — the process of writing computer programs
- spotted joe-pye weed — joe-pye weed (def 2).
- spuyten duyvil creek — a channel in New York City at the north end of Manhattan Island, connecting the Hudson and Harlem rivers.
- standstill agreement — law: between company and bidder
- sunday-go-to-meeting — most presentable; best: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
- sweetheart agreement — a contract made through collusion between management and labor representatives containing terms beneficial to management and detrimental to union workers.
- technology agreement — a framework designed by trade unions for negotiating changes in employment caused by the introduction of new technology
- the grass is greener — If you say the grass is greener somewhere else, you mean that other people's situations always seem better or more attractive than your own, but may not really be so.
- the three musketeers — French Les Trois Mousquetaires. a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
- thirteenth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolishing slavery.
- three-dimensionality — having, or seeming to have, the dimension of depth as well as width and height.
- three-quarter nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from a kneeling position behind a prone opponent, applies a half nelson with one arm, passes the other arm under the opponent's body on the near side, and locks the arms at the fingers or wrist on the back of the opponent's neck.
- three-thorned acacia — honey locust.
- to fall on your feet — If you say that someone always falls or lands on their feet, you mean that they are always successful or lucky, although they do not seem to achieve this by their own efforts.
- to gnash one's teeth — If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth, you mean they are angry or frustrated about something.
- to keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example, when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
- to keep your hand in — If you do something to keep your hand in, you practise a skill or hobby occasionally in order to remain fairly good at it.
- to land on your feet — If you say that someone always lands on their feet, you mean that they are always successful or lucky, although they do not seem to achieve this by their own efforts.
- trustee savings bank — a British financial institution which offered savings facilities for small investors and was managed by unpaid trustees. Depositors had no voting rights and no say in financial or managerial matters. The bank is now a public limited company with the same rights and services as other banks and only retains the title in the abbreviated form TSB.
- turn the other cheek — not retaliate
- wait-and-see tactics — methods of achieving what you want in a particular political situation that involve biding your time for events to run their course
- wheeling and dealing — the use of different methods and contacts, often dishonestly, to achieve one's ends
- wheels within wheels — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- white-fringed beetle — any of several weevils of the genus Graphognathus, native to South America and now of southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S., whose larvae feed on roots and cause serious damage to a wide variety of plants.
- wintergreen barberry — a Chinese evergreen shrub, Berberis julianae, of the barberry family, having spiny leaves, dark green above, pale beneath, clusters of yellow flowers, and bluish-black fruit.
- woman of the streets — a prostitute; streetwalker.