28-letter words containing es
- peaches-and-cream complexion — a pale complexion with rosy cheeks
- playboy of the western world — a satiric comedy (1907) by John Millington Synge.
- presidencia roque saenz pena — a city in N Argentina.
- real-estate investment trust — an unincorporated trust created for the purpose of investing in real property or to extend credit to those engaged in construction. Abbreviation: REIT.
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- shut one's eyes to something — If you say that someone shuts their eyes to something, you mean that they deliberately ignore something which they should deal with.
- take your eyes off something — When you take your eyes off the thing you have been watching or looking at, you stop looking at it.
- the everglades national park — the Florida park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the Everglade swamps
- the line of least resistance — If you take the line of least resistance in a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least resistance.
- the medical research council — a government body that uses public funds to finance research in medicine
- the world owes them a living — If you say that someone thinks that the world owes them a living, you are criticizing them because they think it is their right to have a comfortable life without having to make any effort at all.
- through rose-colored glasses — with optimism, esp. undue optimism
- throw dust in someone's eyes — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- to be in the interests of sb — to be to the advantage of somebody
- to handle sb with kid gloves — to treat someone with great tact or caution
- to leave a lot to be desired — If you say that something leaves a lot to be desired, you mean that it is not as good as it should be.
- to set/put sb's mind at rest — To put someone's mind at rest or set their mind at rest means to stop them worrying about something.
- united states postal service — an independent federal agency created in 1971 to replace the Post Office Department as the division of the federal government responsible for postal services. Abbreviation: USPS.
- university extension courses — courses provided by universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- vendor independent messaging — (networking) (VIM) An electronic mail API promoted by an industry group headed by Lotus Development. VIM is a competitor to Microsoft's MAPI.
- waterton lakes national park — a national park in W Canada, in S Alberta. 220 sq. mi. (570 sq. km).
- wireless encryption protocol — Wired Equivalent Privacy