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18-letter words containing he

  • on the strength of — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
  • one way or another — somehow, by some means
  • one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
  • one's native heath — the place of one's birth or childhood
  • open heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
  • open-heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
  • out of the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
  • over the long term — in the future
  • overhead projector — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
  • paint the town red — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • par for the course — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
  • pass the hat round — to collect money, as for a cause
  • patron of the arts — someone who acts as a patron to or supports charities, organizations, and individuals that work in or concern the arts
  • pave the way (for) — to prepare the way (for); facilitate the introduction (of)
  • perish the thought — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
  • peter and the wolf — a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1936. It is a children's story with both music and text, spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra
  • phenol coefficient — the number indicating the effectiveness of a disinfectant as a germicide relative to phenol, which is arbitrarily assigned the number 1: based on the time required to kill a given quantity of a specific type of bacteria.
  • phenylacetaldehyde — a colorless, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 3 H 1 4 O, having a hyacinthlike odor: used chiefly in perfumery.
  • photochemical smog — air pollution containing ozone and other reactive chemical compounds formed by the action of sunlight on nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, especially those in automobile exhaust.
  • physical chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relations between the physical properties of substances and their chemical composition and transformations.
  • physical therapist — sb who performs physiotherapy
  • phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
  • pick of the litter — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
  • pick up the pieces — deal with aftermath
  • play the race card — to introduce the subject of race into a public discussion, esp to gain a strategic advantage
  • policeman's helmet — a Himalayan balsaminaceous plant, Impatiens glandulifera, with large purplish-pink flowers, introduced into Britain
  • pollen mother cell — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
  • pound the pavement — a paved road, highway, etc.
  • prepare the ground — make conditions ready
  • press photographer — a photographer who works for a newspaper, magazine, etc
  • price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
  • probability theory — the theory of analyzing and making statements concerning the probability of the occurrence of uncertain events. Compare probability (def 4).
  • process scheduling — multitasking
  • programmer's cheer — (humour)   "Shift to the left! Shift to the right! Pop up, push down! Byte! Byte! Byte!" [Origin?]
  • prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
  • psychotherapeutics — psychotherapy.
  • pull one's head in — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • pull one's punches — to restrain the force of one's criticisms or actions
  • pulp canal therapy — endodontics.
  • puss in the corner — a parlor game for children in which one player in the middle of a room tries to occupy any of the positions along the walls that become vacant as other players dash across to exchange places at a signal.
  • put heads together — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • put the clock back — to regress
  • put the mockers on — stop, thwart
  • quick off the mark — If you are quick off the mark, you are quick to understand or respond to something. If you are slow off the mark, you are slow to understand or respond to something.
  • quite the contrary — not at all, the very opposite
  • random walk theory — the theory that the future movement of share prices does not reflect past movements and therefore will not follow a discernible pattern
  • reach for the moon — to desire or attempt something unattainable or difficult to obtain
  • ready when you are — If you say to someone 'Ready when you are', you are telling them that you are now ready to do something and that as soon as they are ready, you will do it.
  • rear its ugly head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • regular hexahedron — a solid cube with six square faces
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