17-letter words containing yo
- (you)'ll be sorry — If someone says 'You'll be sorry', they are threatening you or warning you and suggesting that something unpleasant will happen to you because of your actions.
- be your own woman — If you say that a woman is her own woman, you approve of the fact that she makes her plans and decisions herself, and does not depend on other people.
- beyond comparison — outstanding, without equal
- beyond redemption — If you say that someone or something is beyond redemption, you mean that they are so bad it is unlikely that anything can be done to improve them.
- cast/run your eye — If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly.
- cover your tracks — If someone covers their tracks, they hide or destroy evidence of their identity or their actions, because they want to keep them secret.
- cryopreservations — the storage of blood or living tissues at extremely cold temperatures, often -196 degrees Celsius.
- do your own thing — If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people.
- electromyographic — Using electromyography.
- fountain of youth — a fabled spring whose waters were supposed to restore health and youth, sought in the Bahamas and Florida by Ponce de León, Narváez, De Soto, and others.
- garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
- how's-your-father — sexual intercourse
- i beg your pardon — You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
- i'll thank you to — used ironically to intensify a command, request, etc
- ichthyosarcotoxin — a term applied to any poison found in the flesh of poisonous fishes.
- if you don't mind — People use the expression if you don't mind when they are rejecting an offer or saying that they do not want to do something, especially when they are annoyed.
- it's your funeral — If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere.
- keep your balance — If you keep your balance, for example when standing in a moving vehicle, you remain steady and do not fall over. If you lose your balance, you become unsteady and fall over.
- kyoto common lisp — (language) (KCL) An implementation of Common Lisp by T. Yuasa <[email protected]> and M. Hagiya <[email protected]>, written in C to run under Unix-like operating systems. KCL is compiled to ANSI C. It conforms to Common Lisp as described in Guy Steele's book and is available under a licence agreement. E-mail: <[email protected]> (bug reports). Mailing list: [email protected], [email protected]
- lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
- malayo-polynesian — a family of languages extending from Madagascar to the central Pacific, including Malagasy, Malay, Indonesian, Tagalog, and Polynesian
- management buyout — A management buyout is the buying of a company by its managers. The abbreviation MBO is also used.
- minamoto yoritomo — 1147–99, Japanese nobleman; the first shogun (1192–99) of the feudal era
- not on your nelly — not under any circumstances; certainly not
- pull your head in — be quiet!
- quantity surveyor — A quantity surveyor is a person who calculates the cost and amount of materials and workers needed for a job such as building a house or a road.
- spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
- stand your ground — relating to or denoting a legal principle or law that eliminates the duty to retreat by allowing, as a first response, self-defense by deadly force: We’re proud to represent Florida, the first stand your ground state.
- tell your fortune — When someone tells your fortune, they tell you what they think will happen to you in the future, which they say is shown, for example, by the lines on your hand.
- to drag your feet — If you drag your feet or drag your heels, you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
- to feel your oats — to feel exuberant or high-spirited
- to have it in you — If you have it in you, you have abilities and skills which you do not usually use and which only show themselves in a difficult situation.
- to keep your head — If you keep your head, you remain calm in a difficult situation. If you lose your head, you panic or do not remain calm in a difficult situation.
- to knit your brow — If you knit your brows or knit your eyebrows, you frown because you are angry or worried.
- to lick your lips — If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.
- to lose your grip — If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
- to lose your mind — If you say that someone is losing their mind, you mean that they are becoming mad.
- to open your eyes — If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.
- to open your mind — If something opens your mind to new ideas or experiences, it makes you more willing to accept them or try them.
- to push your luck — If you say that someone is pushing their luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.
- to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
- to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
- to slip your mind — If something slips your mind, you forget it.
- to take your time — If you take your time doing something, you do it quite slowly and do not hurry.
- utagawa kuniyoshi — original name Igusa Magosabwo. 1797–1861, Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e school, best known for his prints of warriors and landscapes
- what do you want? — If you say to someone 'what do you want?', you are asking them in a rather rude or angry way why they have come to the place where you are or why they want to speak to you.
- yorkshire pudding — a pudding made of an unsweetened batter of flour, salt, eggs, and milk, baked under meat as it roasts to catch the drippings or baked separately with a small amount of meat drippings.
- yorkshire terrier — one of an English breed of toy terriers having a long, silky, straight coat that is dark steel blue from the back of the skull to the tail and tan on the head, chest, and legs.
- you're telling me — I know, I'm well aware
- your day in court — Your day in court is your chance to give your side of an argument or other matter.
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