21-letter words containing g, e, n, t, r
- have a strong stomach — not to be prone to nausea
- henry steele commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
- heterogeneous network — (networking) A network running multiple network layer protocols such as DECnet, IP, IPX, XNS.
- higher-order function — (HOF) A function that can take one or more functions as argument and/or return a function as its value. E.g. map in (map f l) which returns the list of results of applying function f to each of the elements of list l. See also curried function.
- highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
- hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- ibm customer engineer — (job) (CE) A hardware guy from IBM.
- in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
- indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- information gathering — the process of collecting information about something
- inner spring mattress — a mattress with a system of wire coils or springs inside for buoyancy or comfort purposes
- instrumental learning — a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
- integer specbaseratio — SPECbase_int92
- internal jugular vein — Anatomy. a jugular vein.
- international brigade — a military force that fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War, consisting of volunteers (predominantly socialists and communists) from many countries
- intravenous drug user — a drug addict who injects drugs (esp heroin) intravenously
- japanese stranglehold — a wrestling hold in which an opponent's wrists are pulled to cross his or her arms in front of his or her own neck and exert pressure on the windpipe
- joseph bonaparte gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia. Width: 360 km (225 miles)
- keep the ball rolling — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- lactate dehydrogenase — an enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of pyruvate and lactate, an important step in carbohydrate metabolism: elevated serum levels indicate injury to kidney, skeletal muscle, or heart muscle. Abbreviation: LDH.
- language-based editor — language-sensitive editor
- lateral magnification — the ratio of the height of the image to the height of the object in a lens or other optical system.
- leaning tower of pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
- learning difficulties — difficulty experienced in reaching the average standard of people of the same age group as regards intellectual and cognitive skills and performance
- liability engineering — the practice by a company of taking steps to avoid liability for any fraudulent dealings with it, such as making a credit-card owner responsible for any abuses of the card by a third party
- linear graph notation — (LGN) A linearised representation of TCOL trees.
- liquefied natural gas — a mixture of various gases, esp methane, liquefied under pressure for transportation and used as an engine fuel
- loch ness monster bug — (humour) (Or "Bugfoot") A bug which cannot be reproduced or has only been sighted by one person. Named after the mythical creature claimed to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland.
- long-term liabilities — Long-term liabilities are debts that a company does not have to pay back for a year or more.
- magnesium trisilicate — a white, fine, odorless and tasteless powder, Mg 2 O 8 Si 3 ⋅nH 2 O, used industrially to absorb odors and decolorize and pharmaceutically as an antacid.
- magnetic permeability — permeability (def 2).
- magneto-optical drive — magneto-optical disk
- magnetocaloric effect — an increase or decrease of the temperature of a thermally isolated magnetic substance accompanying an increase or decrease in the intensity of a magnetic field.
- magnificent riflebird — a bird of paradise, Craspedophora magnifica
- majority shareholding — a holding of more than half a company's shares
- manufacturing process — chain of production
- marketing arrangement — an agreement between a seller and a buyer or between sellers about some aspect of the sale of products
- mechanical metallurgy — the branch of metallurgy dealing with the response of metals to applied forces.
- mechanical weathering — any of the various weathering processes that cause physical disintegration of exposed rock without any change in the chemical composition of the rock: Collision between rock surfaces can cause mechanical weathering.
- member of the wedding — a novel (1946) and play (1950) by Carson McCullers.
- mengistu haile mariam — born 1937, Ethiopian political leader: head of state 1977–87; president 1987–91.
- meter-kilogram-second — of or relating to the system of units in which the meter, kilogram, and second are the principal units of length, mass, and time. Abbreviation: mks, MKS.
- miniature photography — photography with a camera using film that is 35 millimeters wide or less.
- multi-level marketing — Multi-level marketing is a marketing technique which involves people buying a product, then earning a commission by selling it to their friends. The abbreviation MLM is also used.
- multi-ringed compound — A multi-ringed compound is a compound which has 70 or more carbon atoms, often a residual compound.
- necrotising fasciitis — a disease caused by the bacterium streptococcus pyogenes, in which the fasciae of the muscles or other organs become inflamed, resulting in rapid destruction of overlying tissues
- negative amortization — the increase of the principal of a loan by the amount by which periodic loan payments fall short of the interest due, usually as a result of an increase in the interest rate after the loan has begun.
- negative prescription — the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title
- negotiable instrument — order or promise to pay money
- negotiable securities — securities that are legally transferable in title from one party to another