18-letter words containing he
- swollen-headedness — the quality of being conceited
- sympathetic strike — sympathy strike.
- sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
- symphony orchestra — a large orchestra composed of wind, string, and percussion instruments and organized to perform symphonic compositions.
- synthetic division — a simplified procedure for dividing a polynomial by a linear polynomial.
- synthetic geometry — elementary geometry, as distinct from analytic geometry.
- 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.
- take it on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
- take the wraps off — to reveal
- talk of the devil! — used when an absent person who has been the subject of conversation appears
- teacher evaluation — the process of vetting teachers to maintain teaching standards
- that's the ticket! — that's the correct or proper thing! that's right!
- the american dream — the notion that the American social, economic, and political system makes success possible for every individual
- the back of beyond — a very remote place
- the baptist church — any of various Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of believers
- the beautiful game — football
- the better part of — a large part of
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
- the black mountain — a mountain range in S Wales, in E Carmarthenshire and W Powys. Highest peak: Carmarthen Van, 802 m (2632 ft)
- the blue hen state — a nickname for the state of Delaware
- the bottomless pit — the underworld; hell
- the cat's whiskers — a person or thing that is excellent or superior
- the class struggle — the continual conflict between the capitalist and working classes for economic and political power
- the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
- the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
- the dark continent — a term for Africa when it was relatively unexplored
- the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
- the electric chair — an electrified chair for executing criminals
- the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
- the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
- the family compact — the ruling oligarchy in Upper Canada in the early 19th century
- the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
- the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- the fourth of july — a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
- the french riviera — the Mediterranean coastal region of France from Cannes eastward to Italy
- the full treatment — If you say that someone is given the full treatment, you mean either that they are treated extremely well or that they are treated extremely severely.
- the general public — the people in a society; people in general
- the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
- the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
- the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
- the heebie-jeebies — apprehension and nervousness
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- the hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
- the intelligentsia — the educated or intellectual people in a society or community
- the internationale — a revolutionary socialist hymn, first sung in 1871 in France
- the kinetic theory — a theory of gases postulating that they consist of particles of negligible size moving at random and undergoing elastic collisions
- the lords temporal — (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords
- the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
- the major rogation — April 25, observed by Christians as a day of solemn supplication for the harvest and marked by processions, special prayers, and blessing of the crops