15-letter words containing g, e, t, i
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- upright freezer — a freezer that is tall rather than wide
- upsetting lever — the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat.
- variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- vegetable knife — a knife designed to cut up vegetables
- vegetative coma — a condition in which an injured person is alive but comatose, and does not respond to stimuli
- vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vine technology — (company) A company which provides professional consulting services in the areas of networking, real-time systems, graphic arts, and web server advertisement space. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
- virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- voting precinct — one of several areas, each containing a polling place, into which a town or city is split for voting purposes
- wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- wellington boot — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- western springs — a city in NE Illinois.
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white lightning — moonshine (def 1).
- william gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- wintergreen oil — methyl salicylate.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- wittgensteinian — Ludwig (Josef Johann) [loot-vikh yoh-zef yoh-hahn,, lood-] /ˈlut vɪx ˈyoʊ zɛf ˈyoʊ hɑn,, ˈlud-/ (Show IPA), 1889–1951, Austrian philosopher.
- working storage — the amount of memory used to temporarily store results or other data while a program is running.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wrist wrestling — a form of arm wrestling in which two contenders interlock thumbs and try to force each other's hands to touch the table on which they are competing.
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.