17-letter words containing ld
- narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
- nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
- of the old school — If you approve of someone because they have good qualities that used to be more common in the past, you can describe them as one of the old school.
- old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
- old contemptibles — the British expeditionary force to France in 1914
- old norman french — Norman French (sense 1)
- old orchard beach — a resort town in S Maine.
- old people's home — An old people's home is a place where old people live and are cared for when they are too old to look after themselves.
- old red sandstone — a thick sequence of sedimentary rock (generally, but not always, red) deposited in Britain and NW Europe during the Devonian period
- old south arabian — a group of four closely related Semitic languages, having a writing system and used from about the eighth to the fifth centuries b.c. in the southern part of Arabia.
- old spanish trail — an overland route from Santa Fe, N. Mex., to Los Angeles, Calif., first marked out in 1776 by Spanish explorers and missionaries.
- old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
- old-man-and-woman — houseleek (def 1).
- out in left field — Baseball. the area of the outfield to the left of center field, as viewed from home plate. the position of the player covering this area.
- out of this world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- phumiphon aduldet — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
- roof of the world — Tibet, Plateau of.
- sb could do worse — If you tell someone that they could do worse than do a particular thing, you are advising them that it would be quite a good thing to do.
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- springfield rifle — a single-shot, breechloading .45-caliber rifle used by the U.S. Army from 1867 to 1893.
- square-shouldered — having the shoulders held back, giving a straight form to the upper part of the back.
- the bulldog breed — people who fought in either of the World Wars
- the cold shoulder — a show of indifference; slight
- the good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
- the old gentleman — a jocular name for Satan
- the outside world — You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
- to play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
- toothbrush holder — a container or rack in a bathroom where toothbrushes are kept when not in use
- unlisted building — a building that is not amongst those buildings officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- veiltail goldfish — an artificially bred, indoor variety of goldfish, usually golden or calico and of a spheroid shape, having a fully divided, drooping tail fin exceeding the body in length.
- wild sarsaparilla — a low plant, Aralia nudicaulis, of the ginseng family, native to eastern North America, having a single, long-stalked, compound leaf and a ball-like cluster of greenish-yellow flowers.
- wild service tree — either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree) bearing a similar fruit.
- wild sweet potato — man-of-the-earth.
- world without end — for ever
- yield the palm to — to acknowledge the superiority of; admit to defeat by
- yield to maturity — The yield to maturity of a bond is the rate of return on the bond if it is held to its maturity date.
- youth-and-old-age — a stiff-growing, erect composite plant, Zinnia elegans, of Mexico, having large, solitary flowers with yellow-to-purple disks and usually red rays.