22-letter words containing the
- (all) hot and bothered — flustered, excited, etc.
- 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.
- 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
- androcles and the lion — a comedy (1913) by G. B. Shaw.
- at the top of the tree — in the highest position of a profession, etc
- 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.
- borel-lebesgue theorem — Heine-Borel theorem.
- bring down the curtain — If something brings down the curtain on an event or situation, it causes or marks the end of it.
- 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
- 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.
- committee of the whole — (in the US) all the members of the House of Representatives, regarded as a committee
- cross the great divide — to die
- curvature of the spine — a condition in which the spine is abnormally curved
- dalton's atomic theory — the theory that matter consists of indivisible particles called atoms and that atoms of a given element are all identical and can neither be created nor destroyed. Compounds are formed by combination of atoms in simple ratios to give compound atoms (molecules). The theory was the basis of modern chemistry
- denying the antecedent — the fallacy of inferring the falsehood of the consequent of a conditional statement, given the truth of the conditional and the falsehood of its antecedent, as if there are five of them, there are more than four: there are not five, so there are not more than four
- disposable soma theory — the theory that ageing is caused by the body having increasingly fewer resources to allocate towards repairing wear and damage to tissues
- electrothermal printer — a printer that produces characters by burning the image on specially coated paper
- every now and then etc — You use every in the expressions every now and then, every now and again, every once in a while, and every so often in order to indicate that something happens occasionally.
- examining the entrails — The process of grovelling through a core dump or hex image in an attempt to discover the bug that brought a program or system down. The reference is to divination from the entrails of a sacrified animal. Compare runes, incantation, black art, desk check.
- first cab off the rank — the first person, etc, to do or take advantage of something
- from the horse's mouth — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- get one's act together — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
- give (or get) the air — to reject (or be rejected) as a lover
- give someone the flick — to dismiss someone from consideration
- give someone the shaft — to cheat or trick someone
- give someone the shake — to avoid or get rid of an undesirable person (or thing)
- give someone the works — to murder someone
- give the devil his due — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- go for all the marbles — to take a great risk in the hope of a great gain
- go their separate ways — When two or more people who have been together for some time go their separate ways, they go to different places or end their relationship.
- go through the motions — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- green around the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- have a bun in the oven — to be pregnant
- have other fish to fry — have sth else to do
- hit the ground running — begin enthusiastically
- hold the purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- horse of another color — an entirely different matter
- hypothetical syllogism — a hypothetical syllogism has two uses. In propositional logic it expresses one of the rules of inference, while in the history of logic, it is a short-hand for the theory of consequence
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