16-letter words containing the
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
- in the limelight — prominent, featured in the news
- in the long haul — in a future time
- in the long term — You use the expressions in the long term, in the short term, and in the medium term to talk about what will happen over a long period of time, over a short period of time, and over a medium period of time.
- in the meanwhile — until then, for now
- in the middle of — at the centre of
- in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
- in the pipe line — a long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with pumps and valves for flow control, used to transport crude oil, natural gas, water, etc., especially over great distances.
- in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
- in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- in the seventies — in the range between 70 and 79 degrees on a given temperature scale, esp the Fahrenheit scale
- in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
- in the short run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- in the slightest — at all
- in the spotlight — prominently featured
- in the throes of — If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
- in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
- jude the obscure — a novel (1895) by Thomas Hardy.
- king of the hill — a game in which each player attempts to climb to the top of some point, as a mound of earth, and to prevent all others from pushing or pulling him or her off the top.
- lady of the lake — a narrative poem (1810) by Sir Walter Scott.
- lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lead by the nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- left parenthesis — (character) "(". ASCII character 40. Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; open; paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; left parenthesis; left banana. Rare: so (")" = already); lparen; ITU-T: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left round bracket, INTERCAL: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" = unparenthisey); left ear. Paired with right parenthesis (")").
- lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lily-of-the-nile — a plant, Agapanthus africanus, of the amaryllis family, native to Africa, having large umbels of blue flowers.
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- live on the edge — take risks
- luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- main chance, the — one's own advantage or self-interest
- make the best of — do what you can
- make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- make the most of — in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- man of the cloth — a clergyman or other ecclesiastic.
- man of the house — the male head of a household.
- man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
- man-of-the-earth — a morning glory, Ipomoea pandurata, of eastern North America, having white flowers and a very large, tuberous root.
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- mesembryanthemum — any of various chiefly Old World plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having thick, fleshy leaves and often showy flowers.
- metamathematical — Pertaining to metamathematics, a branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature.
- modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
- monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
- morera's theorem — the theorem that a function is analytic in a simply connected domain if its integral is zero around every simple closed curve of finite length in the domain.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- muddy the waters — If someone or something muddies the waters, they cause a situation or issue to seem less clear and less easy to understand.