22-letter words containing ha
- hawaiian standard time — the time used in the Hawaiian time zone
- hemorrhagic septicemia — an acute infectious disease of animals, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella multocida, and characterized by fever, catarrhal symptoms, pneumonia, and general blood infection.
- ice-cream parlor chair — a side chair made of heavy wire with a round wooden seat, especially for use at a table.
- industrial archaeology — the study of past industrial machines, works, etc
- inter-exchange carrier — (communications) (IXC) A company allowed to handle long-distance calls following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by anti-trust regulators.
- katharine meyer graham — Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.
- le chatelier principle — the law that if a constraint is applied to a system in equilibrium, the system adjusts to a new equilibrium that tends to counteract the constraint.
- left-handed compliment — an ambiguous compliment
- lethargic encephalitis — sleeping sickness (def 2).
- local exchange carrier — (communications) (LEC) A company allowed to handle local calls following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by anti-trust regulators. These vary from Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) through to small independents such as Farmers Cooperative. Local exchange carriers are not allowed to handle long-distance traffic. This is handled by inter-exchange carriers (IXC) who are not allowed to handle local calls.
- local shared resources — (operating system) (LSR) A way of controlling VSAM buffers in OS/390.
- love-hate relationship — If you have a love-hate relationship with someone or something, your feelings towards them change suddenly and often from love to hate.
- make a hare of someone — to defeat someone completely
- manhattan clam chowder — a chowder made from clams, tomatoes, and other vegetables and seasoned with thyme.
- mechanical engineering — the branch of engineering dealing with the design and production of machinery.
- mechanical ventilation — life-support provided by respirator
- mohammed al-khawarizmi — Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- monoammonium phosphate — a white, crystalline, moderately water-soluble compound, NH 4 H 2 PO 4 , used as fertilizer, in fire extinguishers, etc.
- myalgic encephalopathy — a condition characterized by painful muscles, extreme fatigue, and general debility, sometimes occurring as a sequel to viral illness
- negative hallucination — an apparent abnormal inability to perceive an object
- north rhine-westphalia — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- oceanic whitetip shark — whitetip shark (def 2).
- padparadschah sapphire — a rare, yellowish-orange sapphire found in Sri Lanka.
- phase alternating line — (television) (PAL) The video signal format used in the UK [where else?]. PAL uses Amplitude Modulation for the video information, and Frequency Modulation for the audio information. The phase of the colour subcarrier is reversed on alternate lines which (together with the use of a delay line) allows the receiver to cancel any phase errors introduced in the path between the studio and the end-user's receiver. Such phase errors are quite common and would cause the displayed colours to shift in hue. The US equivalent, NTSC, does not have this feature and thus requires a user control to correct for transmission phase errors, hence the mis-expansion "Never Twice the Same Colour".
- phenolsulfonephthalein — a bright to dark red crystalline compound, C 1 9 H 1 4 O 5 S, slightly soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an acid-base indicator and as a diagnostic reagent in medicine.
- play into the hands of — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- poor richard's almanac — an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin.
- preestablished harmony — (in the philosophy of Leibnitz) synchronous operation of all monads, since their simultaneous creation, in accordance with the preexisting plan of God.
- quantitative character — a character or trait that is transmitted by quantitative inheritance.
- registered shareholder — someone who holds or owns a stock registered to their name
- saint george's channel — a channel between Wales and Ireland, connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic. 100 miles (160 km) long; 50–90 miles (81–145 km) wide.
- 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.
- second-hand bookseller — a person who has a second-hand bookshop
- shaken but not stirred — If you say that someone has been shaken but not stirred by an experience, you mean that they have been slightly disturbed or emotionally affected by it, but not deeply enough to change their behaviour or way of thinking.
- 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.
- suffice it to say that — let us say no more than that; I shall just say that
- sympathetic ophthalmia — inflammation of one eye due to injury or disease of the other eye.
- talk through one's hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- that is/that is to say — You use that is or that is to say to indicate that you are about to express the same idea more clearly or precisely.
- the chattering classes — the educated sections of society, considered as enjoying discussion of political, social, and cultural issues
- the merchant of venice — a comedy (1596?) by Shakespeare.
- to hate someone's guts — If you hate someone's guts, you dislike them very much indeed.
- to have had a good war — to have made the most of the opportunities presented to one during wartime
- to have the last laugh — If you say that you have the last laugh, you mean that you become successful at something so that people who criticize or oppose you look foolish.
- 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)
- trichlorofluoromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
- trifluorochloromethane — chlorotrifluoromethane.
- tripotassium phosphate — any of the three orthophosphates of potassium ((potassium monophosphate) (K 2 HPO 4), (potassium diphosphate) (KH 2 PO 4), and (tripotassium phosphate) (K 3 PO 4) )
- turn one's hand to sth — If you turn your hand to something such as a practical activity, you learn about it and do it for the first time.