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26-letter words containing s, h, i, m, e, r

  • straight-from-the-shoulder — direct, honest, and forceful in expression; outspoken.
  • take something for granted — If you take something for granted, you believe that it is true or accept it as normal without thinking about it.
  • tarred with the same brush — any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
  • the consumers' association — a British organization which assesses and reports on new products and defends consumers' rights
  • the entertainment industry — the businesses connected with music, films, TV etc
  • the single european market — the free trade policy that operates between members of the European Union
  • thematic apperception test — a projective technique in which stories told by a subject about each of a series of pictures are assumed to reveal dominant needs or motivations. Abbreviation: TAT.
  • three-dimensional printing — the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file
  • to bring something to bear — If you bring something to bear on a situation, you use it to deal with that situation.
  • to call something your own — If you have something you can call your own, it belongs only to you, rather than being controlled by or shared with someone else.
  • to pour scorn on something — If you pour scorn on someone or something or heap scorn on them, you say that you think they are stupid and worthless.
  • turn something on its head — to treat or present something in a completely new and different way
  • what someone is driving at — If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly.
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