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22-letter words containing th

  • (all) hot and bothered — flustered, excited, etc.
  • (with) tongue in cheek — in a humorously ironic, mocking, or insincere way
  • a clean bill of health — If a doctor gives you a clean bill of health, they tell you that you are fit and healthy.
  • a frog in one's throat — phlegm on the vocal cords that affects one's speech
  • a lump in one's throat — a tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion
  • a name to conjure with — If you say that the name of a particular person or organization is a name to conjure with, you mean that that person or organization is very important and influential in the field you are discussing.
  • against the run of sth — If something happens against the run of play or against the run of events, it is different from what is generally happening in a game or situation.
  • alfred north whiteheadAlfred North, 1861–1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
  • alkaline earth element — any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
  • alpha-naphthylthiourea — ANTU.
  • alternative hypothesis — the hypothesis that given data do not conform with a given null hypothesis: the null hypothesis is accepted only if its probability exceeds a predetermined significance level
  • american shorthair cat — one of a breed of medium-sized, muscular shorthaired domestic cats with a broad head and a short, thick coat.
  • androcles and the lion — a comedy (1913) by G. B. Shaw.
  • arithmetic progression — a sequence of numbers or quantities, each term of which differs from the succeeding term by a constant amount, such as 3,6,9,12
  • arm's-length agreement — a commercial transaction done in accordance with market values, disregarding any connection such as common ownership of the companies involved
  • at the top of the tree — in the highest position of a profession, etc
  • bacillus thuringiensis — a bacterium used in genetically altered form in the biological control of budworms, gypsy moth larvae, Japanese beetles, and other insect pests. Abbreviation: B.t.
  • bark up the wrong tree — to misdirect one's attention, efforts, etc; be mistaken
  • battle of the atlantic — the struggle for control of the sea routes around the United Kingdom during World War II, esp 1940–43
  • be of the opinion that — to believe that
  • beats the shit outa me — (exclamation)   (BSOM) "I don't understand it". The last thing you say as you walk out on someone whose system you can't fix.
  • better late than never — If you say better late than never when someone has done something, you think they should have done it earlier.
  • birthright citizenship — the practice of automatically granting citizenship to a child born in a particular country, regardless of the citizenship status of the parent or parents: an end to birthright citizenship.
  • borel-lebesgue theorem — Heine-Borel theorem.
  • break (or keep) faith — to be disloyal (or loyal) to one's beliefs, principles, etc.
  • bring down the curtain — If something brings down the curtain on an event or situation, it causes or marks the end of it.
  • bristle-thighed curlew — an Alaskan curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, that winters in Polynesia, having bristlelike feathers on its thighs.
  • british library method — (algorithm)   Brute force searching. According to legends circulating in the 1970s, in the British Library books are searched for by examining each book sequentially in the first shelf, then the next shelf, continuing until the book is found or the entire library has been searched. The term was referred to in a Dutch coursebook, "Inleiding In De Informatica" (Introduction to Informatics) from a course given by C.H.A. Koster and Th.A. Zoethout. This was based on a course given at the TU Berlin.
  • buffered write-through — (memory management)   A variation of write-through where the cache uses a "write buffer" to hold data being written back to main memory. This frees the cache to service read requests while the write is taking place. There is usually only one stage of buffering so subsequent writes must wait until the first is complete. Most accesses are reads so buffered write-through is only useful for very slow main memory.
  • carboxymethylcellulose — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
  • cast in one's lot with — to share in the activities or fortunes of (someone else)
  • challenge to the array — an objection by counsel to the whole panel of jurors called to a trial
  • challenge to the polls — an objection by counsel to one or more of the individual jurors called to a trial
  • chemical sympathectomy — the chemical destruction of one or more parts of the sympathetic nervous system
  • chemical-sympathectomy — sympathectomy (def 2).
  • chip off the old block — a person who resembles one of his or her parents in behaviour
  • chlorotrifluoromethane — a colorless gas, CClF 3 , used chiefly as a refrigerant, in the hardening of metals, and in pharmaceutical processing.
  • church of the brethren — the official name of the church of the Dunkers.
  • cirrhosis of the liver — liver disease
  • city of brotherly love — Philadelphia, Pa. (used as a nickname).
  • client-centred therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the therapist makes no attempt to interpret what the patient says but encourages him or her to develop his or her own attitudes and insights, often by questioning
  • come out of the closet — If someone comes out of the closet, they tell people that they are homosexual after having kept this a secret.
  • come up with the goods — If you deliver the goods or come up with the goods, you do what is expected or required of you.
  • commissioner for oaths — a solicitor authorized to authenticate oaths on sworn statements
  • committee of the whole — (in the US) all the members of the House of Representatives, regarded as a committee
  • course author language — (language)   (CAL) The CAI language for the IBM 360.
  • covered with confusion — greatly embarrassed
  • critical path analysis — a technique for planning complex projects by analysing alternative systems with reference to the critical path, which is the sequence of stages requiring the longest time
  • cross the great divide — to die
  • curvature of the spine — a condition in which the spine is abnormally curved

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