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22-letter words containing h, a, l, e, u, i

  • south shetland islands — a group of uninhabited islands in the S Atlantic, north of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly a dependency of the Falkland Islands; part of British Antarctic Territory since 1962. (Claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty). Area: 4662 sq km (1800 sq miles)
  • speculative philosophy — philosophy embodying beliefs insusceptible of proof and attempting to gain insight into the nature of the ultimate by intuitive or a priori means.
  • surface effect vehicle — ACV (def 2).
  • the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
  • the houston ship canal — a canal linking Houston to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
  • the pennsylvania dutch — a group of German-speaking people in E Pennsylvania, descended from 18th-century settlers from SW Germany and Switzerland
  • thermonuclear reaction — a nuclear-fusion reaction that takes place between the nuclei of a gas, especially hydrogen, heated to a temperature of several million degrees.
  • trichlorofluoromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
  • trifluorochloromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
  • unreasonable behaviour — conduct by a spouse sufficient to cause the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage
  • upright vacuum cleaner — a vacuum cleaner that is tall rather than wide
  • wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
  • white australia policy — an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of non-White people into Australia
  • zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.
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