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19-letter words containing g, e, n, a, m, p

  • metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
  • napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
  • open-angle glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
  • parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
  • parliamentary agent — (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
  • patent infringement — breach of copyright
  • peak listening time — the time at which the highest numbers of audiences are listening to the radio
  • performance figures — the statistics that indicate how well or badly a company or organization has performed
  • performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
  • philippine mahogany — any of several Philippine trees of the genus Shorea and related genera, having brown or reddish wood used as lumber and in cabinetry.
  • planning permission — In Britain, planning permission is official permission that you must get from the local authority before building something new or adding something to an existing building.
  • pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
  • pneumoencephalogram — an encephalogram made after the replacement of the cerebrospinal fluid by air or gas, rarely used since the development of the CAT scanner.
  • pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
  • preliminary hearing — initial court session
  • programmed learning — a progressively monitored, step-by-step teaching method, employing small units of information or learning material and frequent testing, whereby the student must complete or pass one stage before moving on to the next.
  • pythagorean theorem — Pythagoras's Theorem
  • respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
  • ring-spinning frame — a machine containing the ring, traveler, and bobbin used in spinning yarn.
  • shipping department — a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording, and sending shipments of goods
  • smite hip and thigh — to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows
  • smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
  • streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.
  • supplementary angle — either of two angles that added together produce an angle of 180°.
  • suspensory ligament — any of several tissues that suspend certain organs or parts of the body, especially the transparent, delicate web of fibrous tissue that supports the crystalline lens.
  • take a running jump — a contemptuous expression of dismissal
  • time sharing option — (operating system)   (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
  • whispering campaign — the organized spreading of insinuations or rumors to destroy the reputation of a person, organization, etc.
  • wraparound mortgage — a mortgage, as a second mortgage, that includes payments on a previous mortgage that continues in effect.
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