24-letter words containing g, e, h, l

magnetothermoelectricity — thermoelectricity induced or affected by a magnetic field.
mass psychogenic illness — a condition in which a large group of people report similar physical symptoms that are traceable to psychological factors rather than environmental or physiological factors.
mean length of utterance — the mean number of morphemes produced per sentence, used especially as a measure of child language development. Abbreviation: MLU.
michael viii palaeologus — 1234–1282, Byzantine ruler 1259–82, first of the Palaeologus emperors.
new england clam chowder — a thick chowder made from clams, potatoes, onions, sometimes salt pork, and milk or cream.
nongonococcal urethritis — a widespread sexually transmitted infection of the urethra, caused by the parasite Chlamydia trachomatis, or the mycoplasm Ureaplasma urealyticum, characterized in males by painful urination and discharge from the penis and in females by frequent, painful urination and cervical erosion. Abbreviation: NGU.
one thing led to another — You say one thing led to another when you are explaining how something happened, but you do not really want to give the details or you think people will be able to imagine the details.
other things being equal — If you say 'other things being equal' or 'all things being equal' when talking about a possible situation, you mean if nothing unexpected happens or if there are no other factors which affect the situation.
physiological atmosphere — ecosphere.
plantation walking horse — one of a breed of saddle horses developed largely from Standardbred and Morgan stock.
portable scheme debugger — (PSD) A package for source code debugging of R4RS-compliant Scheme under GNU Emacs by Kellom ?ki Pertti <[email protected]>. Version 1.1. Distributed under GNU GPL. It works with scm, Elk and Scheme->C.
regular checking account — a checking account for which the monthly fee is usually based on the average balance maintained and the number of transactions recorded.
revolving charge account — a charge plan offerring revolving credit.
scalable vector graphics — (graphics, web) A W3C standard for vector graphics, based on XML.
self-fulfilling prophecy — a prophecy that comes true because of the expectation that it will
single connection attach — (hardware) (SCA, "Single Connector Attachment") A non-standard type of SCSI connector, used mostly by OEMs, which carries both power and data on one 80-pin connector. SCA SCSI drives tend to be cheaper but use with standard SCSI cables requires an adaptor and external termination.
southern british english — the dialect of spoken English regarded as standard in England and considered as having high social status in comparison with other British English dialects. Historically, it is derived from the S East Midland dialect of Middle English
special checking account — a checking account that requires no minimum balance but in which a small charge is made for each check issued or drawn and for monthly maintenance.
stand in one's own light — to harm one's reputation by acting unwisely
sth bodes ill/augurs ill — If something bodes ill or augurs ill, it gives you a reason to fear that something harmful might happen soon.
syquest technology, inc. — (company, hardware) An early entrant into the removable hard disk market for personal computers. For may years SyQuest held the market, particularly as a method of transferring large desktop publisher documents to printers. SyQuest aim their products to give personal computer users "endless" hard drive space for data-intensive applications like desktop publishing, Internet information management, pre-press, multimedia, audio, video, digital photography, fast backup, data exchange, archiving, confidential data security and easy portability for the road. At the top of their current (Mar 1997) range are two drives, The SyJet 1.5 GB a 3.5 inch, double platter removable drive and the EZFlyer 230 MB also on 3.5 inch media. A cartridge holding over 4.7GB is promised before the end of 1997. In recent years they have not fared as well in the market, whilst Iomega has cornered the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) market. Over the period 1995 to 1997 sales declined resulting in a series of losses. In the first quarter of 1997 these losses had been reduced to $6.8 million with net revenues increasing to $48.3 million. This compares to a net loss of $33.8 million, or $2.98 per share, on net revenues of $78.7 million for the same period the year before. It would appear that substantial restructuring has occurred over the past few years.
take the king's shilling — to enlist in the army
teacher training college — a higher-education college that specializes in teacher training
the long-term unemployed — people who have no job and have not worked for a long time
the star-spangled banner — Stars and Stripes.
the whole shooting match — everything; the whole lot
thousand island dressing — a seasoned mayonnaise, often containing chopped pickles, pimientos, sweet peppers, hard-boiled eggs, etc.
to burn the midnight oil — If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
to fight a losing battle — If you are fighting a losing battle, you are trying to achieve something but are not going to be successful.
to lay something to rest — If you lay something such as fears or rumours to rest or if you put them to rest, you succeed in proving that they are not true.
to light the touch paper — if someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper, they do something which causes anger or excitement
to rise to the challenge — If someone rises to the challenge, they act in response to a difficult situation which is new to them and are successful.
transpersonal psychology — a branch of psychology or psychotherapy that recognizes altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences as a means to understand the human mind and treat psychological disordrs.
trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
tug/touch one's forelock — If you say that a person tugs their forelock to another person, you are criticizing them for showing too much respect to the second person or being unnecessarily worried about their opinions.
what are you playing at? — If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
when the balloon goes up — when the trouble or action begins
wolf in sheep's clothing — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
work/go/run like a charm — If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.

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