17-letter words containing g, e, r, m

footmen's gallery — the rearmost section of seats in the balcony of an English theater, especially in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
free-body diagram — A free-body diagram is a diagram of a structure in which all supports are replaced by forces.
gamblers' fallacy — the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession
gamma-ray burster — a source of gamma-ray bursts
garden apartments — a complex of low apartment buildings surrounded by lawn or landscaped areas
garden mignonette — a Mediterranean plant, Resida odorata, which has spikes of small greenish-white flowers with prominent anthers
garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
gastroenterostomy — the making of a new passage between the stomach and the duodenum (gastroduodenostomy) or, especially, the jejunum (gastrojejunostomy)
gastrojejunostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
general admission — an admission charge for unreserved seats at a theatrical performance, sports event, etc.
general sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
general semantics — a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
gentleman-at-arms — (in England) one of a guard of 40 gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions.
geographical mile — nautical mile.
geomagnetic storm — magnetic storm.
geothermal energy — Geothermal energy is energy from temperature differences inside the earth's crust.
germanicus caesar — 15 b.c.–a.d. 19, Roman general.
glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
go on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
go the extra mile — make an exceptional effort
gomez de la serna — Ramón [rah-mawn] /rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("Ramón") 1888–1963, Spanish novelist, dramatist, biographer, and critic.
good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
government broker — the government-appointed stockbroker whose job is to sell government securities on the stock exchange, as instructed by the Bank of England
grand climacteric — Physiology. a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.
grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
great namaqualand — an arid coastal region in the S part of Namibia, extending into the Cape of Good Hope province of the Republic of South Africa, divided by the Orange River into two regions, one in Namibia (Great Namaqualand) the other in South Africa (Little Namaqualand) inhabited by the Nama.
great-grandmother — a grandmother of one's father or mother.
greek meets greek — equals meet
green book cd-rom — A standard CD-ROM format developed by Philips for CD-i. It is ISO 9660 compliant and uses mode 2 form 2 addressing. It can only be played on drives which are XA (Extended Architecture) compatible. Many Green Book discs contain CD-i applications which can only be played on a CD-i player but many others contain films or music videos. Video CDs in Green Book format are normally labelled "Digital Video on CD" Green Book was obsoleted by White book CD-ROM in March 1994.
grid merchandiser — A grid merchandiser is a lightweight, free-standing, flexible fixture made up of moveable grids of wire and used by retailers can display large volumes of merchandise in a small space.
gridiron pendulum — a clock pendulum having, as part of its shaft, an arrangement of brass and steel rods having different coefficients of expansion, such that the pendulum has the same length at any temperature.
grist to the mill — If you say that something is grist to the mill, you mean that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone's point of view.
guardian ad litem — a person appointed by a court as guardian of an infant or other person to act on his or her behalf in a particular action or proceeding.
guglielmo marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
gulf war syndrome — a group of symptoms occurring in some Gulf War veterans, most commonly including headache and memory loss, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments, possibly caused by exposure to chemical weapons, vaccines, infectious diseases, or other factors.
gustavo a. madero — official name of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
hemorrhagic fever — any of several arbovirus infections, as dengue, characterized by fever, chills, and malaise followed by hemorrhages of capillaries, sometimes leading to kidney failure and death.
hermaphrodite rig — jackass rig.
high commissioner — a representative of one sovereign member of the Commonwealth of Nations in the country of another, having a rank and responsibilities generally similar to those of an ambassador.
higher arithmetic — arithmetic (def 2).
human engineering — an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker.
humpbacked bridge — A humpbacked bridge or humpback bridge is a short and very curved bridge with a shape similar to a semi-circle.
hyperpigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
hypophrygian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from B to B, with the final on E.
ideogrammatically — In terms of, or by means of, ideograms.
illegal immigrant — a person who has entered a country illegally
image intensifier — any of various devices for amplifying the intensity of an optical image, sometimes used in conjunction with an image converter

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