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22-letter words containing s, h, i, l

  • 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.
  • split-screen technique — a cinematic device by which two or more complete images are projected simultaneously onto separate parts of the screen
  • 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.
  • synchronic linguistics — the branch of linguistics that analyzes the structure of a language or languages as static, at a given point in their history
  • 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 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 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 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 time of one's life — a memorably enjoyable time
  • 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).
  • thermal imaging system — equipment providing images of a target, or of a person or thing under examination
  • 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.
  • to twiddle your thumbs — If you say that someone is twiddling their thumbs, you mean that they do not have anything to do and are waiting for something to happen.
  • unreasonable behaviour — conduct by a spouse sufficient to cause the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage
  • 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
  • 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.
  • whitchurch-stouffville — a town in SW Ontario, in S Canada, N of Toronto.
  • white australia policy — an unofficial term for an immigration policy designed to restrict the entry of non-White people into Australia
  • white-tailed sea eagle — a grayish-brown sea eagle, Haliaetus albicilla, of the Old World and Greenland, having a white tail.
  • william's bon chrétien — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
  • with all the trimmings — if you say that something comes with all the trimmings, you mean that it has many extra things added to it to make it more special
  • wolfram research, inc. — (company)   The company founded by Stephen Wolfram in August 1987 to develop Mathematica which was released in June 1988 for the Macintosh and is now available on over 20 platforms. The company has offices in the United Kingdom and Tokyo, Japan. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • yellow-shafted flicker — a North American woodpecker C. auratus, which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail
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