19-letter words containing f, r, a, g, n, t
- information algebra — Theoretical formalism for DP, never resulted in a language. Language Structure Group of CODASYL, ca. 1962. Sammet 1969, 709.
- information highway — information superhighway
- islet of langerhans — any of several masses of endocrine cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin, somatostatin, and glucagon.
- jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
- lagrangian function — kinetic potential.
- landrum-griffin act — an act of Congress (1959) outlawing secondary boycotts, requiring public disclosure of the financial records of unions, and guaranteeing the use of secret ballots in union voting.
- leading aircraftman — the rank above aircraftman
- load-bearing printf — (programming, humour) The kind of bug present in a program which works correctly when producing debug output but fails when the debugging is turned off. The expression combines load-bearing wall and printf as used in debugging by printf.
- magnetomotive force — a scalar quantity that is a measure of the sources of magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit. Abbreviation: mmf.
- mail transfer agent — Message Transfer Agent
- manufacturing plant — factory
- margaret of navarre — 1492–1549, queen of Navarre 1544–49: patron of literature, author of stories, and poet.
- negation by failure — An extralogical feature of Prolog and other logic programming languages in which failure of unification is treated as establishing the negation of a relation. For example, if Ronald Reagan is not in our database and we asked if he was an American, Prolog would answer "no".
- nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
- not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
- orange flower water — a distilled infusion of orange blossom, used in cakes, confectionery, etc
- parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
- patent infringement — breach of copyright
- performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
- persian gulf states — group of Arab sheikdoms along the Persian Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, & United Arab Emirates
- point the finger at — to accuse or blame
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
- put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
- relief organization — humanitarian group
- savings certificate — a certificate of deposit for a specific sum of money in a savings account, especially a deposit for a fixed term at a specified interest rate.
- self-aggrandizement — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
- self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- sign of aggregation — any of the signs used to indicate grouping in an algebraic expression: vinculum, bar, or raised horizontal line, ; a pair of parentheses, (a + b); a pair of brackets, [ a + b ]; or a pair of braces, { a + b }.
- significant figures — the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure
- splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
- sugar loaf mountain — a mountain in SE Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, at the entrance to Guanabara Bay. 1280 feet (390 meters).
- take it for granted — If you take it for granted that something is the case, you believe that it is true or you accept it as normal without thinking about it.
- taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
- the roaring forties — the areas of ocean between 40° and 50° latitude in the S Hemisphere, noted for gale-force winds
- thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
- traffic engineering — a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- unorganized ferment — ferment (def 2).
- white-water rafting — White-water rafting is the activity of riding on a raft over rough, dangerous parts of a fast-flowing river.
- yeoman of the guard — a member of the bodyguard of the English sovereign, instituted in 1485, which now consists of 100 men, including officers, having purely ceremonial duties.