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19-letter words containing f, e, n, g

  • fortification agate — an agate, used as a gem, having polygonal banding such that it suggests the plan of a bastion.
  • forward engineering — (process)   The traditional process of moving from high-level abstractions and logical, implementation-independent designs to the physical implementation of a system. Contrast reverse engineering.
  • forward integration — the acquisition of all or part of a distribution chain by a firm that sells the goods distributed, so that the firm becomes or become closer to the direct seller of the goods
  • framework agreement — an agreement that sets the limits and scope for further negotiation, discussion, etc
  • 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
  • freezing injunction — an order enabling the court to freeze the assets of a defendant, esp to prevent him or her taking them abroad
  • front-end financing — money or costs required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
  • front-fastening bra — a bra which is fastened together at the front of the body
  • frontier technology — innovative or new technology
  • functional language — (language)   A language that supports and encourages functional programming.
  • 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.
  • general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
  • 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.
  • genetic fingerprint — DNA fingerprinting.
  • gentile da fabriano — 1370?–1427, Italian painter.
  • geraldton waxflower — an evergreen shrub, Chamelaucium uncinatum, native to W Australia, cultivated for its pale pink flowers
  • get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
  • get one's rocks off — to experience orgasm; ejaculate
  • get the hang of sth — If you get the hang of something such as a skill or activity, you begin to understand or realize how to do it.
  • giovanni da fiesole — Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
  • give (free) rein to — to allow to act without restraint
  • give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
  • give one credit for — to commend one for
  • go off at a tangent — If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
  • go off on a tangent — If someone goes off on a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
  • go off the deep end — final or ultimate: the end result.
  • go on the offensive — If you go on the offensive, go over to the offensive, or take the offensive, you begin to take strong action against people who have been attacking you.
  • go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • godfrey of bouillon — (Duke of Lower Lorraine) 1060?–1100, French leader of the First Crusade 1096–99.
  • grandfather's chair — wing chair.
  • grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
  • great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
  • greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
  • greenstick fracture — an incomplete fracture of a long bone, in which one side is broken and the other side is still intact.
  • grosse pointe farms — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • guerrilla financing — the use of unconventional and marginally legal means to capitalize enterprises
  • gulf of carpentaria — a shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea, in N Australia between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula
  • gulf of tehuantepec — an inlet of the Pacific on the south coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in S Mexico
  • hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
  • hang on the lips of — to listen to with close attention
  • harbinger-of-spring — a North American umbelliferous herb, Erigenia bulbosa, having white flowers that bloom early in the spring.
  • have the makings of — show potential as
  • high-flying tippler — a variety of domestic pigeon bred mainly for flying
  • hildegard of bingen — Hildegard von (Hildegard of Bingen"Sibyl of the Rhine") 1098–1178, German nun, healer, writer, and composer.
  • immigration officer — official administrating incoming foreigners
  • in the light of sth — If something is possible in the light of particular information, it is only possible because you have this information.
  • indefinite integral — a representation, usually in symbolic form, of any function whose derivative is a given function.
  • index-tracking fund — an investment fund that is administered so that its value changes in line with a given share index
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