17-letter words containing a, n, g, i

have a bearing on — If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
have a roving eye — to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
hawking radiation — the emission of particles by a black hole. Pairs of virtual particles in the intense gravitational field around a black hole may live long enough for one to move outward when the other is pulled into the black hole, making it appear that the black hole is emitting radiation
headline-grabbing — A headline-grabbing statement or activity is one that is intended to attract a lot of attention, especially from the media.
heartbreakingness — The state or quality of being heartbreaking.
heating apparatus — an apparatus that heats something
heritage industry — an industry that manages the historical sites, buildings, and museums in a particular place, with the aim of encouraging tourism
high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
highways engineer — a civil engineer trained and specialized in the planning, construction, maintenance, etc of highways and roads
hiring and firing — the authority to hire or fire staff, or the act of doing this
hodgkin's disease — a type of cancer characterized by progressive chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes of the neck, armpit, groin, and mesentery, by enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver and the kidneys, and by lymphoid infiltration along the blood vessels.
holding operation — a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation
homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
hope against hope — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
hospital gangrene — Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, especially involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
human engineering — an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker.
human trafficking — the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation.
hungarian goulash — goulash (def 1).
hurricane warning — a storm warning given for winds with speeds exceeding 63 knots (72 mph, 32 m/sec) when the source of the winds is a tropical cyclone.
hyaline cartilage — the typical, translucent form of cartilage, containing little fibrous tissue.
hydrogasification — a high-temperature, high-pressure process for producing liquid or gaseous fuels from fine particles of coal and hydrogen gas
hyperpigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
hypophrygian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from B to B, with the final on E.
i beg your pardon — You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
i can't be fagged — I can't be bothered
i will/can manage — You say 'I can manage' or 'I'll manage' as a way of refusing someone's offer of help and insisting on doing something by yourself.
i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
ignoratio elenchi — the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
illegal immigrant — a person who has entered a country illegally
image enhancement — a method of improving the definition of a video picture by a computer program, which reduces the lowest grey values to black and the highest to white: used for pictures from microscopes, surveillance cameras, and scanners
image intensifier — any of various devices for amplifying the intensity of an optical image, sometimes used in conjunction with an image converter
image recognition — (graphics, artificial intelligence) The identification of objects in an image. This process would probably start with image processing techniques such as noise removal, followed by (low-level) feature extraction to locate lines, regions and possibly areas with certain textures. The clever bit is to interpret collections of these shapes as single objects, e.g. cars on a road, boxes on a conveyor belt or cancerous cells on a microscope slide. One reason this is an AI problem is that an object can appear very different when viewed from different angles or under different lighting. Another problem is deciding what features belong to what object and which are background or shadows etc. The human visual system performs these tasks mostly unconsciously but a computer requires skillful programming and lots of processing power to approach human performance.
immigrant workers — people who work in a country they arrived to in order to settle there
immunodiagnostics — the determination of immunologic characteristics of individuals, cells, and other biologic entities.
improper integral — Also called infinite integral. a definite integral in which one or both of the limits of integration is infinite.
improvement grant — a sum of money provided by a government, local authority, or public fund to finance the amelioration of a building, area of land, etc
in (great) demand — If someone or something is in demand or in great demand, they are very popular and a lot of people want them.
in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
in the altogether — wholly; entirely; completely; quite: altogether fitting.
in the background — behind the focus of attention
in-band signaling — in-band signalling
in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
inalienable right — right that cannot be taken away
indefatigableness — The state of being indefatigable.
indicator diagram — a graphical or other representation of the cyclic variations of pressure and volume within the cylinder of a reciprocating engine obtained by using an indicator
indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.

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