19-letter words containing a, g, r, e, s, i

design in real time — (programming) (Dirt) A user interface builder for the X Window System by R. Hesketh.
dig one's own grave — If you say that someone is digging their own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
digital electronics — (electronics) The implementation of two-valued logic using electronic logic gates such as and gates, or gates and flip-flops. In such circuits the logical values true and false are represented by two different voltages, e.g. 0V for false and +5V for true. Similarly, numbers are normally represented in binary using two different voltages to represented zero and one. Digital electronics contrasts with analogue electronics which represents continuously varying quantities like sound pressure using continuously varying voltages. Digital electronics is the foundation of modern computers and digital communications. Massively complex digital logic circuits with millions of gates can now be built onto a single integrated circuit such as a microprocessor and these circuits can perform millions of operations per second.
direct grant school — (in Britain, formerly) a school financed by endowment, fees, and a state grant conditional upon admittance of a percentage of nonpaying pupils nominated by the local education authority
display advertising — display ads taken collectively.
diversified farming — the practice of producing a variety of crops or animals, or both, on one farm, as distinguished from specializing in a single commodity.
electrocardiographs — Plural form of electrocardiograph.
electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
error-based testing — (programming) Testing where information about programming style, error-prone language constructs, and other programming knowledge is applied to select test data capable of detecting faults, either a specified class of faults or all possible faults.
evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
front-fastening bra — a bra which is fastened together at the front of the body
future date testing — (testing) The process of setting a computer's date to a future date to test a program's (expected or unexpected) date sensitivity. Future date testing only shows the effects of dates on the computer(s) under scrutiny, it does not take into account knock-on effects of dates on other connected systems.
gaius julius caesar — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
gas central heating — a system of central heating fuelled by combustible gas
gastrocolic omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
gastroenterocolitis — (medicine) inflammation of the stomach, small intestines, and colon.
gastroenterological — Of or pertaining to gastroenterology.
gender reassignment — the alteration, by surgery and hormone treatments, of a person's physical sex characteristics to approximate those of the opposite sex: Born male, she now lives as a woman but has no plans for a sex change.
general anaesthesia — the use of a general anaesthetic
general anaesthetic — sth administered to induce unconsciousness
general linguistics — the study of the characteristics of language in general rather than of a particular language; theoretical, rather than applied, linguistics.
general partnership — a partnership in which each of the partners is fully liable for the firm's debts.
general post office — (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
gentleman-pensioner — (formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.
gestational carrier — surrogate mother (def 3).
gigabits per second — (unit) (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30 bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second, which is slightly less) than 2^30).
giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
grandfather's chair — wing chair.
great indian desert — a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. About 77,000 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
green mountain boys — the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
greenstick fracture — an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact.
gregorian telescope — a telescope similar in design to the Cassegrainian telescope but less widely used.
grosse pointe farms — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
harbinger-of-spring — a North American umbelliferous herb, Erigenia bulbosa, having white flowers that bloom early in the spring.
haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
high-bush cranberry — cranberry bush
high-pressure steam — High-pressure steam is steam which is at or above 75 pounds per square inch gauge pressure.
highland clearances — in Scotland, the removal, often by force, of the people from some parts of the Highlands to make way for sheep, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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