24-letter words containing he

grin like a cheshire cat — a constantly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
have (got) sth on the go — If you have something on the go, you have started it and are busy doing it.
have a finger in the pie — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
have a tiger by the tail — to find oneself in a situation that has turned out to be much more difficult to control than one had expected
have one's head straight — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
have the drop on someone — to have the advantage over someone
head and shoulders above — vastly superior to
heart in the right place — If you say that someone's heart is in the right place, you mean that they are kind, considerate, and generous, although you may disapprove of other aspects of their character.
heart is a lonely hunter — a novel (1940) by Carson McCullers.
hexaethyl tetraphosphate — a yellow, very poisonous liquid, (C 2 H 5 O) 6 P 4 O 7 , soluble in water, used as an insecticide.
hit the nail on the head — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
in one's heart of hearts — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
in the middle of nowhere — If you say that a place is in the middle of nowhere, you mean that it is a long way from other places.
in the shit/in deep shit — If someone is in the shit or in deep shit, they are in a lot of trouble.
in the teeth of the wind — directly into the wind
keep up with the joneses — If you say that someone is keeping up with the Joneses, you mean that they are doing something in order to show that they have as much money as other people, rather than because they really want to do it.
kennelly-heaviside layer — E layer.
kick with the wrong foot — to be of the opposite religion to that which is regarded as acceptable or to that of the person who is speaking
kinetic theory of matter — a theory that matter is composed of small particles, all in random motion.
knock one's head against — to have a violent or unpleasant encounter with (adverse facts or circumstances)
land of the midnight sun — any of those countries containing land within the Arctic Circle where there is a midnight sun in midsummer, especially Norway, Sweden, or Finland.
laryngotracheobronchitis — A respiratory disease, a form of croup.
lead someone by the nose — to make someone do unquestioningly all one wishes; dominate someone
look someone in the face — to look directly at a person without fear or shame
magnetothermoelectricity — thermoelectricity induced or affected by a magnetic field.
make the acquaintance of — to come into social contact with
mathematical expectation — Mathematics. the product of the probability of the occurrence of an event and the value associated with the occurrence of a given event.
mathematical probability — the probability of an event consisting of n out of m possible equally likely occurrences, defined to be n/m
ministry of the interior — a government department that deals with the domestic or internal affairs of a country, esp law and order
national weather service — an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasts, storm and flood warnings, etc.
network attached storage — (networking, storage) (NAS) Fixed disks, RAID arrays, and magnetic tape drives connected directly to a Storage Area Network (SAN) or other direct network connection. This is in contrast to a file server where the peripherals are connected to the network via a computer (the server).
northern mariana islands — a US commonwealth territory in the N Pacific, formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947–87). Capital: Saipan island (Capitol Hill). Pop: 51 170 (2013 est). Area: 477 sq km (184 sq miles)
not to have the foggiest — to have no idea whatsoever
on the right/wrong track — If you are on the right track, you are acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in success. If you are on the wrong track, you are acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in failure.
one thing led to another — You say one thing led to another when you are explaining how something happened, but you do not really want to give the details or you think people will be able to imagine the details.
other things being equal — If you say 'other things being equal' or 'all things being equal' when talking about a possible situation, you mean if nothing unexpected happens or if there are no other factors which affect the situation.
physiological atmosphere — ecosphere.
pluck sth out of the air — If you say that someone plucks a figure, name, or date out of the air, you mean that they say it without thinking much about it before they speak.
polychlorinated biphenyl — PCB.
portable scheme debugger — (PSD) A package for source code debugging of R4RS-compliant Scheme under GNU Emacs by Kellom ?ki Pertti <[email protected]>. Version 1.1. Distributed under GNU GPL. It works with scm, Elk and Scheme->C.
private health insurance — insurance against the need for medical treatment as a private patient
put the fear of god into — a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm. Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
put the show on the road — to set things in operation; start an activity, venture, etc.
put their heads together — to consult together
put two and two together — a cardinal number, 1 plus 1.
quadrature of the circle — the insoluble problem of constructing, by the methods of Euclidean geometry, a square equal in area to a given circle.
quantitative inheritance — the process in which the additive action of numerous genes results in a trait, as height, showing continuous variability.
rational-emotive therapy — a form of therapy in which a patient is asked to reject irrational attitudes and assumptions in order to deal effectively with stressful situations.
regular checking account — a checking account for which the monthly fee is usually based on the average balance maintained and the number of transactions recorded.
ricardian theory of rent — economic rent.

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