22-letter words containing y, e, h

rheumatoid spondylitis — ankylosing spondylitis.
royal national theatre — a theatre complex in London, on the S bank of the Thames (opened 1976). The prefix Royal was added in 1988. It houses the Royal National Theatre Company
sapir-whorf hypothesis — a theory developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf that states that the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken.
saturday night special — a cheap, small-caliber handgun that is easily obtainable and concealable.
saturday-night special — a cheap, small-caliber handgun that is easily obtainable and concealable.
schachter's hypothesis — (web) The observation that "Given two unrelated technical terms, an Internet search engine will retrieve only résumés". This was first formulated by Joshua Eli Schachter in about 1998, while poring over the uniformly irrelevant pages that resulted from a search he'd run on "+Perl +MAPI" in Altavista.
secretary to the board — the secretary to the board of directors; company secretary
see the light (of day) — to come into existence
seventh-day adventists — See example at Seventh-Day.
southern redbelly dace — any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace)
specific heat capacity — the heat required to raise unit mass of a substance by unit temperature interval under specified conditions, such as constant pressure: usually measured in joules per kelvin per kilogram
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.
suffice it to say that — let us say no more than that; I shall just say that
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.
take a fancy to sb/sth — If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.
take one's breath away — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
take the mickey out of — to deflate (a person)
the catcher in the rye — a novel (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
the continental system — Napoleon's plan in 1806 to blockade Britain by excluding her ships from ports on the mainland of Europe
the emergency services — the public organizations whose job is to take quick action to deal with emergencies when they occur, especially the fire brigade, the police, and the ambulance service
the end of your tether — If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.
the green-eyed monster — jealousy or envy
the mythical man-month — (publication) Fred Brooks's excellent 1975 book on software engineering. See also Brooks's Law.
the nature conservancy — a US charitable environmental organization, founded in 1951, that works to preserve the plants, animals, and natural communities by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive
the pennsylvania dutch — a group of German-speaking people in E Pennsylvania, descended from 18th-century settlers from SW Germany and Switzerland
the same/the very same — You say 'the same' or 'the very same' in reply to someone's question when you are saying that they have identified a person or thing correctly.
thermal imaging system — equipment providing images of a target, or of a person or thing under examination
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.
through someone's eyes — If someone sees or considers something through your eyes, they consider it in the way that you do, from your point of view.
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.
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 laugh your head off — Phrases such as laugh your head off and scream your head off can be used to emphasize that someone is laughing or screaming a lot or very loudly.
to overplay one's hand — If someone overplays their hand, they act more confidently than they should because they believe that they are in a stronger position than they actually are.
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 play to the gallery — If you play to the gallery, you do something in public in a way which you hope will impress people.
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.
to vote with your feet — If you vote with your feet, you show that you do not support something by leaving the place where it is happening or leaving the organization that is supporting it.
to whom it may concern — salutation in a letter
twenty-fifth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1967, establishing the succession to the presidency in the event of the president's death, resignation, or incapacity.
twenty-sixth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1971, lowering the voting age to 18.
twenty-third amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1961, allowing District of Columbia residents to vote in presidential elections.
university of michigan — (body, education) A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. 70% of the University's students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. 90% rank in the top 20% of their high school class. 60% of the students receive financial aid. The main Ann Arbor Campus lies in the Huron River valley, 40 miles west of Detroit. The campus boasts 2700 acres with 200 buildings, six million volumes in 23 libraries, nine museums, seven hospitals, hundreds of laboratories and institutes, and over 18000 microcomputers.
voluntary manslaughter — the unlawful killing of one human being by another with malice aforethought but in mitigating circumstances
what can/do you expect — You can say 'What can you expect?' or 'What do you expect?' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing.
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
yellow-shafted flicker — a North American woodpecker C. auratus, which has a yellow undersurface to the wings and tail

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