17-letter words containing c, o, n, g, r, e

flagrante delicto — Law. in the very act of committing the offense.
floating currency — a currency that is free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
flowering currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum, growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae
flowering tobacco — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental.
fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
forcing frequency — the frequency of an oscillating force applied to a system
foreign secretary — foreign minister.
frequency polygon — a frequency curve consisting of connected line segments formed by joining the midpoints of the upper edges of the rectangles in a histogram whose class intervals are of uniform length.
garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
genealogical tree — family tree.
genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
geomagnetic storm — magnetic storm.
gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
go to the country — If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election.
government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
graafian follicle — one of the small vesicles containing a developing ovum in the ovary of a mammal.
grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
green book cd-rom — A standard CD-ROM format developed by Philips for CD-i. It is ISO 9660 compliant and uses mode 2 form 2 addressing. It can only be played on drives which are XA (Extended Architecture) compatible. Many Green Book discs contain CD-i applications which can only be played on a CD-i player but many others contain films or music videos. Video CDs in Green Book format are normally labelled "Digital Video on CD" Green Book was obsoleted by White book CD-ROM in March 1994.
greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
greensand process — a process for casting iron with sand not previously heated.
grignard reaction — the reaction of a Grignard reagent with any of the numerous types of compounds with which it can combine, as alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, or esters: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
ground connection — the conductor used to establish a ground.
guglielmo marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
high commissioner — a representative of one sovereign member of the Commonwealth of Nations in the country of another, having a rank and responsibilities generally similar to those of an ambassador.
high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
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.
hydrogen chloride — a colorless gas, HCl, having a pungent odor: the anhydride of hydrochloric acid.
ignoratio elenchi — the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
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.
in recognition of — If something is done in recognition of someone's achievements, it is done as a way of showing official appreciation of them.
in the background — behind the focus of attention
inspector general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
inspector-general — a comedy (1836) by Gogol.
integer specratio — SPECint92
integral function — an entire function.
integrated course — a course that covers several subjects
integrated optics — an assembly of miniature optical elements of a size comparable to those used in electronic integrated circuits.
integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
intelligence work — spying
inverse cotangent — arc cotangent.
inversion casting — casting from an electric furnace inverted over the mold.
job-order costing — a method of cost accounting by which the total cost of a given unit or quantity is determined by computing the costs that go into making a product as it moves through the manufacturing process.
lago de nicaragua — Spanish name of Lake Nicaragua.
leading indicator — A leading indicator is an economic indicator that changes before a change in the economy, and that can be used to predict future economic or financial activity.
legal proceedings — court case
line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
logical operation — Boolean operation.

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