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

  • school medical officer — a doctor who is based in a school and is responsible for the health of schoolchildren
  • see the light (of day) — to come into existence
  • self-sustaining growth — economic growth that maintains itself without intervention
  • simple harmonic motion — vibratory motion in a system in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement from equilibrium. Abbreviation: S.H.M., s.h.m.
  • south african republic — former name of Transvaal.
  • south atlantic current — an eastward-flowing ocean current formed by the merging of the Brazil Current and the southward-flowing current near the Falkland Islands and forming the southern part of the general circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean.
  • 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)
  • special drawing rights — the reserve assets of the International Monetary Fund on which member nations may draw in proportion to their contribution to the Fund
  • special school teacher — a teacher who works in a school for children who are unable to benefit from ordinary schooling because they have learning difficulties, physical or mental handicaps, etc
  • spectrophotometrically — an instrument for making photometric comparisons between parts of spectra.
  • 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.
  • spherical trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry that deals with spherical triangles.
  • start the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
  • straining at the leash — eagerly impatient to begin something
  • surface effect vehicle — ACV (def 2).
  • sweet william catchfly — a southern European plant, Silene armeria, of the pink family, having a flat-topped cluster of pink flowers.
  • sympathetic ophthalmia — inflammation of one eye due to injury or disease of the other eye.
  • tell it to the marines — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.
  • the atlantic provinces — certain of the Canadian provinces with coasts facing the Gulf of St Lawrence or the Atlantic: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
  • the chattering classes — the educated sections of society, considered as enjoying discussion of political, social, and cultural issues
  • the continental system — Napoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe
  • the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
  • the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
  • the houston ship canal — a canal linking Houston to the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
  • the medical profession — the occupation of working as a doctor of medicine
  • the mythical man-month — (publication)   Fred Brooks's excellent 1975 book on software engineering. See also Brooks's Law.
  • the pennsylvania dutch — a group of German-speaking people in E Pennsylvania, descended from 18th-century settlers from SW Germany and Switzerland
  • the straits of florida — a sea passage between the Florida Keys and Cuba, linking the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico
  • the-leaning-tower-pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
  • theoretical arithmetic — arithmetic (def 2).
  • thermal imaging camera — a camera that can make infrared radiation visible
  • thermal imaging system — equipment providing images of a target, or of a person or thing under examination
  • 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.
  • thiamine-hydrochloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound of the vitamin-B complex, containing a thiazole and a pyrimidine group, C 12 H 17 ClN 4 OS, essential for normal functioning of the nervous system, a deficiency of which results chiefly in beriberi and other nerve disorders: occurring in many natural sources, as green peas, liver, and especially the seed coats of cereal grains, the commercial product of which is chiefly synthesized in the form of its chloride (thiamine chloride or thiamine hydrochloride) for therapeutic administration, or in nitrate form (thiamine mononitrate) for enriching flour mixes.
  • three-wattled bellbird — any of several birds having a loud bell-like cry, especially Anthornis melanura, a honey eater of New Zealand, and Procnias tricarunculata (three-wattled bellbird) of Central America.
  • threespine stickleback — a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
  • time-lapse photography — the photographing on motion-picture film of a slow and continuous process, as the growth of a plant, at regular intervals, especially by exposing a single frame at a time, for projection at a higher speed.
  • tip the scales/balance — If something tips the scales or tips the balance, it gives someone a slight advantage.
  • to fall by the wayside — If a person or plan falls by the wayside, they fail or stop before they complete what they set out to do.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • welsh springer spaniel — one of a Welsh breed of springer spaniels having a red and white coat.
  • what sb/sth looks like — If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them.
  • what/how/why the devil — When you want to emphasize how annoyed or surprised you are, you can use an expression such as what the devil, how the devil, or why the devil.
  • white australia policy — an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of non-White people into Australia
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