21-letter words containing e, g, s

great smoky mountains — the W part of the Appalachians, in W North Carolina and E Tennessee. Highest peak: Clingman's Dome, 2024 m (6642 ft)
great st bernard pass — St. Bernard, Great.
great victoria desert — a desert in SW central Australia. 125,000 sq. mi. (324,000 sq. km).
greater sunda islands — a group of islands in the W Malay Archipelago, forming the larger part of the Sunda Islands: consists of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
greek-letter sorority — a sorority whose name consists usually of two or three Greek letters, as Lambda Rho (ΛP).
greenwich observatory — the national astronomical observatory of Great Britain, housed in a castle in E Sussex; formerly located at Greenwich.
guaranteed scheduling — (algorithm) A scheduling algorithm used in multitasking operating systems that guarantees fairness by monitoring the amount of CPU time spent by each user and allocating resources accordingly.
guy lewis steele, jr. — (person) (GLS) A software engineer whose most notable contributions to the art of computing include the design of Scheme (in cooperation with Gerald Sussman) and the design of the original command set of Emacs. He is also known for his contribution to the Jargon File and for being the first to port TeX (from WAITS to ITS). He wrote the book "Common Lisp", which virtually defines the language. He was working at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1996 to the present (June 2001).
have a strong stomach — not to be prone to nausea
henry steele commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
heterogeneous network — (networking) A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS.
high court of justice — an English court formed in 1873 from several superior courts and consisting of a court of original jurisdiction (High Court of Justice) and an appellate court (Court of Appeal)
highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
homogeneous catalysis — Homogeneous catalysis is catalysis in which the catalyst takes part in the reaction that it increases.
hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
ibm customer engineer — (job) (CE) A hardware guy from IBM.
in bad/good/etc taste — If you say that something that is said or done is in bad taste or in poor taste, you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good taste, you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation.
in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
in someone's judgment — in someone's opinion
indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
inner spring mattress — a mattress with a system of wire coils or springs inside for buoyancy or comfort purposes
instrumental learning — a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
integer specbaseratio — SPECbase_int92
intravenous drug user — a drug addict who injects drugs (esp heroin) intravenously
investment management — the process of managing business investments
it takes two to tango — If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it.
japanese stranglehold — a wrestling hold in which an opponent's wrists are pulled to cross his or her arms in front of his or her own neck and exert pressure on the windpipe
jewish defense league — an organization of militant Jewish activists, founded in 1968 in the U.S. to combat anti-Semitism and defend Jewish interests worldwide. Abbr.: JDL.
joseph bonaparte gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia. Width: 360 km (225 miles)
keep someone guessing — If someone keeps you guessing, they do not tell you what you want to know.
kicking and screaming — If you say that someone is dragged kicking and screaming into a particular course of action, you are emphasizing that they are very unwilling to do what they are being made to do.
know someone by sight — If you know someone by sight, you can recognize them when you see them, although you have never met them and talked to them.
lactate dehydrogenase — an enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of pyruvate and lactate, an important step in carbohydrate metabolism: elevated serum levels indicate injury to kidney, skeletal muscle, or heart muscle. Abbreviation: LDH.
lady macbeth strategy — a strategy in a takeover battle in which a third party makes a bid acceptable to the target company, appearing to act as a white knight but subsequently joining forces with the original (unwelcome) bidder
language-based editor — language-sensitive editor
laugh up one's sleeve — the part of a garment that covers the arm, varying in form and length but commonly tubular.
league of arab states — Arab League.
leaning tower of pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
learning difficulties — difficulty experienced in reaching the average standard of people of the same age group as regards intellectual and cognitive skills and performance
least significant bit — (data) (LSB) Bit zero, the bit of a binary number giving the number of ones, the last or rightmost bit when the number is written in the usual way.
legionnaire's disease — a serious, sometimes fatal, infection, caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila, which has symptoms similar to those of pneumonia: believed to be spread by inhalation of contaminated water vapour from showers and air-conditioning plants
legionnaires' disease — a type of acute pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila bacterium and characterized by fever, chest pain, cough, and muscle aches.
let sleeping dogs lie — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
level of significance — significance level.
like a shag on a rock — abandoned and alone
liquefied natural gas — a mixture of various gases, esp methane, liquefied under pressure for transportation and used as an engine fuel
loch ness monster bug — (humour) (Or "Bugfoot") A bug which cannot be reproduced or has only been sighted by one person. Named after the mythical creature claimed to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland.
logic design language — (language) A language for computer design.
long-term liabilities — Long-term liabilities are debts that a company does not have to pay back for a year or more.
lotus of the good law — Saddharma-Pundarika.

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