23-letter words containing st
- the best of both worlds — advantages of two different things
- the department of state — the United States federal department concerned with foreign policy
- to come off second best — to be defeated
- to come to a sticky end — If someone comes to a sticky end or meets a sticky end, they suffer very badly or die in an unpleasant way.
- to draw the short straw — If you draw the short straw, you are chosen from a number of people to perform a job or duty that you will not enjoy.
- to keep a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
- to keep sth to yourself — If you keep something to yourself, you do not tell anyone else about it.
- to make the best of sth — If you make the best of something, you accept an unsatisfactory situation cheerfully and try to manage as well as you can. In British English, you can also say that you make the best of a bad job.
- to outstay your welcome — If you say that someone outstays their welcome or overstays their welcome, you mean that they stay somewhere longer than they are wanted or expected to.
- to play for high stakes — to gamble on something very important
- to put your mind to sth — If you put your mind to something, you start making an effort to do it.
- to rest on your laurels — If someone is resting on their laurels, they appear to be satisfied with the things they have achieved and have stopped putting effort into what they are doing.
- to stick in your throat — If something sticks in your throat, you find it unacceptable.
- tongass national forest — a temperate rainforest in SE Alaska that also harbors more than two dozen communities, including Juneau: largest US national forest. 17 million acres (69,000 km).
- transfer characteristic — the relationship between output and input of an electronic or electromechanical system, esp as depicted graphically
- ulster defence regiment — a former reserve regiment of the British Army based in Northern Ireland
- unconstitutional strike — a stoppage of work which violates the dispute procedure agreed between the employer and the trade union or trade unions concerned
- under the circumstances — a condition, detail, part, or attribute, with respect to time, place, manner,agent, etc., that accompanies, determines, or modifies a fact or event; a modifying or influencing factor: Do not judge his behavior without considering every circumstance.
- united church of christ — an American Protestant denomination formed in 1957 by a union of the Evangelical and Reformed churches and the Congregational Christian churches.
- united methodist church — the largest denomination of the Methodist church in the U.S., formed in 1939 from the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Protestant Church, with the addition in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren.
- united states air force — the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- united states of brazil — former official name of Brazil.
- variable contrast paper — printing paper in which the contrast of the image is controlled by the color of the printing light.
- vestibulocochlear nerve — either one of the eight pairs of cranial nerves that supply the cochlea and semicircular canals of the internal ear and contribute to the sense of hearing
- veterans administration — the federal agency charged with administering benefits provided by law for veterans of the armed forces. Abbreviation: VA, V.A.
- voter registration card — a card that enables a person to register in order to vote
- western lowland gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.