20-letter words containing g, e, n, t, r

little ringed plover — a small grey and brown coloured plover which breeds in Europe and Asia and migrates to Africa for winter
macular degeneration — degeneration of the central portion of the retina, resulting in a loss of sharp vision.
magnetic card reader — a device that scans and interprets information from a card with a magnetic stripe
magnetoencephalogram — a record of the magnetic field of the brain. Abbreviation: MEG.
magnetohydrodynamics — the branch of physics that deals with the motion of electrically conductive fluids, especially plasmas, in magnetic fields. Abbreviation: MHD.
mail transport agent — Message Transfer Agent
manufacturer's agent — an agent representing one or more manufacturers in selling related but noncompeting goods, usually on a commission basis and in a particular territory.
margaret of scotland — Saint. 1045–93, queen consort of Malcolm III of Scotland. Her piety and benefactions to the church led to her canonization (1250). Feast days: June 10, Nov 16
marketing department — the department of a commercial organization that deals with the marketing of products
mass-energy equation — the equation, E=mc2, formulated by Albert Einstein, expressing the equivalence between mass and energy, where E is energy, m is mass, and c is the velocity of light.
matched-pairs design — (of an experiment) concerned with measuring the values of the dependent variables for pairs of subjects that have been matched to eliminate individual differences and that are respectively subjected to the control and the experimental condition
measure one's length — to fall, lie, or be thrown down at full length
mecklenburg-strelitz — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
medical underwriting — Medical underwriting is the use of medical or health status information in the evaluation of an applicant for life or health insurance.
megabytes per second — (unit) (MBps, MB/s) Millions of bytes per second. A unit of data rate. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes per second (not 1,048,576).
metric hundredweight — a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms.
microsoft networking — (networking) Microsoft's name for the networking subsystems of Windows 95 and later. Not to be confused with The Microsoft Network. Microsoft networking uses the SMB file sharing protocol. It is implemented as file system drivers i.e. "installable file systems" (IFS). The network redirector "Client for Microsoft Networks", is implemented in the VREDIR.VXD virtual device driver. Peer resource sharing is provided by "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" (VSERVER.VXD). Windows 95's support for Netware (NCP) networks is provided in a similar way via NWREDIR.VXD and NWSERVER.VXD.
military engineering — the design, construction, etc, of military fortifications and communications
minimum lending rate — the official interest rate charged by the Bank of England and below which it will refrain from lending money.
molecular gastronomy — an approach to cooking in which a chef’s knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology allows him or her to experiment with unusual flavour combinations and cooking techniques
molecular geneticist — a specialist in the study of the molecular constitution of genes and chromosomes
mopping-up operation — an operation after a battle or campaign to root out remaining enemy forces or installations
most general unifier — (logic) If U is the most general unifier of a set of expressions then any other unifier, V, can be expressed as V = UW, where W is another substitution. See also unification.
multicast addressing — Ethernet addressing scheme used to send packets to devices of a certain type or for broadcasting to all nodes. The least significant bit of the most significant byte of a multi-cast address is one.
negative electricity — the electricity present in a body or substance that has an excess of electrons, as the electricity developed on a resin when rubbed with flannel.
net register tonnage — the taxable gross tonnage of a merchant ship.
next program counter — (architecture) (nPC) A register in a CPU that contains the address of the instruction to be executed next.
nictitating membrane — a thin membrane, or inner or third eyelid, present in many animals, capable of being drawn across the eyeball, as for protection.
night storage heater — a heater or radiator that stores heat at night-time because electricity is cheaper
nikkei stock average — an index of prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
non-volatile storage — (storage) (NVS, persistent storage, memory) A term describing a storage device whose contents are preserved when its power is off. Storage using magnetic media (e.g. magnetic disks, magnetic tape or bubble memory) is normally non-volatile by nature whereas semiconductor memories (static RAM and especially dynamic RAM) are normally volatile but can be made into non-volatile storage by having a (rechargable) battery permanently connected. Other examples of non-volatile storage are EEPROM, CD-ROM, paper tape and punched cards.
nonintrusive testing — (testing) Testing that is transparent to the software under test, i.e., does not change its timing or processing characteristics. Nonintrusive testing usually involves additional hardware that collects timing or processing information and processes that information on another platform.
nonrepeating decimal — a decimal representation of any irrational number, having the property that no sequence of digits is repeated ad infinitum.
northern leaf blight — a disease of corn caused by the fungus Exsherohilum turcicum, characterized by elongate tan-gray elliptical spots with subsequent blighting and necrosis of leaves.
norwegian forest cat — a breed of long-haired cat with a long bushy tail and a long mane
object role modeling — (programming) (ORM) A conceptual modelling approach that pictures the application world as a set of objects that play roles (parts in relationships, which may be unary, binary or higher order). ORM provides both graphical and textual languages that enable models to be expressed naturally. For data modelling purposes, its graphical language is more expressive than ER or UML.
off-the-job training — training which is carried out away from your normal place of work
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 −.
on everyone's tongue — prevailing as common gossip
on the drawing board — in the planning stage
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.
open learning centre — an establishment which provides further education on a flexible part-time basis
operant conditioning — conditioning (def 1).
operating conditions — Operating conditions are a set of conditions for operating a particular system or process.
operational strategy — a plan or set of plans for successfully running a business, etc
operator overloading — overloading
optical mark reading — the reading of marks by an optical device whereby the information can be stored in machine-readable form
organization expense — the costs associated with organizing a business entity and bringing it into existence
orthognathic surgery — the surgical correction of deformities or malpositions of the jaw.
oscillating universe — a variant model of the closed universe in which the universe undergoes cycles of expansion and contraction.

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