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20-letter words containing g, e, m, a, t, i

  • multiplicative group — a group in which the operation of the group is multiplication.
  • negative campaigning — political campaigning in which a politician or party focuses on criticizing another politician or party rather than emphasizing their own positive qualities
  • nictitating membrane — a thin membrane, or inner or third eyelid, present in many animals, capable of being drawn across the eyeball, as for protection.
  • no lack of something — If you say there is no lack of something, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of it.
  • nonrepeating decimal — a decimal representation of any irrational number, having the property that no sequence of digits is repeated ad infinitum.
  • omega-3 (fatty acid) — a type of polyunsaturated fatty acid in fish oil, shellfish, soybeans, etc., linked to low cholesterol and low LDL levels
  • omega-minus particle — a baryon with strangeness −3, isotopic spin 0, and negative charge; predicted from the mathematics of the Eightfold Way and subsequently discovered. Symbol: Ω −.
  • ontological argument — an a priori argument for the existence of God, asserting that as existence is a perfection, and as God is conceived of as the most perfect being, it follows that God must exist; originated by Anselm, later used by Duns Scotus, Descartes, and Leibniz.
  • optical mark reading — the reading of marks by an optical device whereby the information can be stored in machine-readable form
  • physical meteorology — the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.
  • piezomagnetic effect — the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
  • poor man's something — a (cheaper) substitute for something
  • prenuptial agreement — A prenuptial agreement is a written contract made between a man and a woman before they marry, in which they state how their assets such as property and money should be divided if they get divorced.
  • prescriptive grammar — an approach to grammar that is concerned with establishing norms of correct and incorrect usage and formulating rules based on these norms to be followed by users of the language.
  • presentation manager — The elephantine graphical user interface to the OS/2 operating system.
  • production agreement — a contract concerning the production or manufacture of something
  • psychological moment — the proper or critical time for achieving a desired result: She found the right psychological moment to make her request.
  • quaker meeting house — a place where Quakers gather for worship
  • real-time processing — data-processing by a computer which receives constantly changing data, such as information relating to air-traffic control, travel booking systems, etc, and processes it sufficiently rapidly to be able to control the source of the data
  • regional development — aid-giving to poorer areas or countries
  • registered trademark — brand name
  • reminder advertising — a type of advertising designed to remind customers that an existing or well-known product is still available and for sale
  • reservations manager — A reservations manager at a hotel is responsible for the reservations at the hotel.
  • restriction fragment — a length of DNA cut from the strand by a restriction enzyme.
  • retinitis pigmentosa — degeneration of the retina manifested by night blindness and gradual loss of peripheral vision, eventually resulting in tunnel vision or total blindness.
  • royal leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
  • saint mary magdalene — a woman of Magdala (ˈmæɡdələ ) in Galilee whom Jesus cured of evil spirits (Luke 8:2) and who is often identified with the sinful woman of Luke 7:36–50. In Christian tradition she is usually taken to have been a prostitute. Feast day: July 22
  • seating arrangements — the seating plan for a formal occasion
  • self-belaying system — (in climbing) equipment used to pay out rope as required and thus enable a climber to self-belay
  • semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
  • st.-germain-des-pres — an area in Paris, on the Left Bank.
  • standstill agreement — law: between company and bidder
  • sunday-go-to-meeting — most presentable; best: Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes.
  • take something amiss — to be annoyed or offended by something
  • television programme — a programme broadcast on television
  • temperature gradient — rate of change of temperature with distance.
  • the (great) pyramids — the three large pyramids at Gîza, Egypt: the largest is the Pyramid of Khufu
  • the garment industry — the manufacturing of items of clothing
  • the hearing impaired — people whose hearing is partially defective
  • there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
  • to go the extra mile — If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something.
  • toxemia of pregnancy — an abnormal condition of pregnancy characterized by hypertension, fluid retention, edema, and the presence of protein in the urine.
  • traditional marriage — Anthropology. the primary established form of marriage recognized in a given country or religious or social group at a given time: In that culture, traditional marriage requires the families of the future bride and groom to engage in ritual visits and exchange gifts.
  • transformation range — the temperature range within which austenite forms when a ferrous metal is heated, or within which it disappears when the metal is cooled.
  • trigeminal neuralgia — tic douloureux.
  • weights and measures — units or standards of measurement
  • winter olympic games — an international contest of winter sports, esp skiing, held every four years
  • with all one's might — If you do something with all your might, you do it using all your strength and energy.
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