22-letter words containing li
- tear sb limb from limb — If someone threatens to tear you limb from limb, they mean that they are extremely angry with you, and may use violence against you.
- television licence fee — the fee charged for a television licence
- temporary life annuity — an annuity that ceases upon the death of the annuitant or upon the expiration of a period of time, whichever occurs first.
- the muslim brotherhood — a transnational Islamic religious and political organization dedicated to the establishment of a nation based on Islamic principles, founded in Egypt in 1928
- the time of one's life — a memorably enjoyable time
- to drop someone a line — If you drop someone a line, you write to them.
- to play happy families — to spend time with your family or partner and to outwardly give the impression of being happy (although this may not be the case)
- to sell like hot cakes — If things are selling like hot cakes, a lot of people are buying them.
- transition probability — the probability of going from a given state to the next state in a Markov process.
- unitarian universalism — a North American liberal religious denomination in the Judeo-Christian heritage, formed in 1961 by the merger of the Unitarians, organized in 1825, and the Universalists, organized in 1793.
- united empire loyalist — any of the American colonists who settled in Canada during or after the War of American Independence because of loyalty to the British Crown
- villingen-schwenningen — a city in Baden-Württemberg in SW Germany, on the E edge of the Black Forest.
- wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
- what sb/sth looks like — If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them.
- white australia policy — an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of non-White people into Australia
- william jennings bryan — William Jennings [jen-ingz] /ˈdʒɛn ɪŋz/ (Show IPA), 1860–1925, U.S. political leader.
- william lloyd garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- william's bon chrétien — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
- woman police constable — a policewoman of the lowest rank
- yellow-shafted flicker — a North American woodpecker C. auratus, which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail