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21-letter words containing g, l, s

  • distant early warning — a US radar detection system to warn of missile attack
  • distinguished-looking — having a dignified and attractive appearance
  • dumfries and galloway — a region in S Scotland. 2460 sq. mi. (6371 sq. km).
  • eastern daylight time — a time zone applicable to many eastern areas of the United States during the summer months, being a daylight-saving variant of Eastern Standard Time
  • ecological succession — succession (def 6).
  • ecological-succession — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
  • educational sociology — the application of sociological principles and methods to the solution of problems in an educational system.
  • electroencephalograms — Plural form of electroencephalogram.
  • electromagnetic pulse — a surge of electromagnetic radiation, esp one resulting from a nuclear explosion, which can disrupt electronic devices and, occasionally, larger structures and equipment
  • electronic publishing — Electronic publishing is the publishing of documents in a form that can be read on a computer, for example as a CD-ROM.
  • electronystagmography — A diagnostic test to record involuntary movements of the eye caused by a condition known as nystagmus. It can also be used to diagnose the cause of vertigo, dizziness or balance dysfunction by testing the vestibular system.
  • empire state building — New York City skyscraper
  • eyes right (or left) — a command to snap the head to the right (or left) while marching, as a salute when passing in review
  • first-dollar coverage — insurance that provides payment for the full loss up to the insured amount with no deductibles.
  • forensic anthropology — the branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data, criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law.
  • franco-belgian system — French system.
  • free alongside vessel — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
  • fuming sulphuric acid — a mixture of pyrosulphuric acid, H2S2O7, and other condensed acids, made by dissolving sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid
  • gas analysis recorder — A gas analysis recorder is a device which samples, records, and analyses gas.
  • gas blanketed storage — Gas blanketed storage is the use of gas to fill empty space in a storage tank.
  • general of the armies — a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.
  • gentleman's agreement — unwritten rule or agreement
  • gentleman's gentleman — a valet.
  • gentlemen's agreement — an agreement that, although unenforceable at law, is binding as a matter of personal honor.
  • gestalt psychotherapy — a therapy devised in the US in the 1960s in which patients are encouraged to concentrate on the immediate present and to express their true feelings
  • gideons international — an interdenominational lay society organized in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
  • gilt-edged securities — government securities on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
  • gird (up) one's loins — to get ready to do something difficult or strenuous
  • give place to someone — to make room for or be superseded by someone
  • give sb a green light — If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something.
  • give someone a leg up — to help someone to climb an obstacle by pushing upwards
  • give someone a tinkle — to call someone on the telephone
  • give someone the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • go down like ninepins — (of each of a group of people) to become ill very easily and quickly
  • gold bullion standard — a gold standard in which gold is not coined but may be purchased at a fixed price for foreign exchange.
  • goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
  • grease someone's palm — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
  • greater sunda islands — a group of islands in the W Malay Archipelago, forming the larger part of the Sunda Islands: consists of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
  • greek-letter sorority — a sorority whose name consists usually of two or three Greek letters, as Lambda Rho (ΛP).
  • guaranteed scheduling — (algorithm)   A scheduling algorithm used in multitasking operating systems that guarantees fairness by monitoring the amount of CPU time spent by each user and allocating resources accordingly.
  • guy lewis steele, jr. — (person)   (GLS) A software engineer whose most notable contributions to the art of computing include the design of Scheme (in cooperation with Gerald Sussman) and the design of the original command set of Emacs. He is also known for his contribution to the Jargon File and for being the first to port TeX (from WAITS to ITS). He wrote the book "Common Lisp", which virtually defines the language. He was working at Sun Microsystems, Inc. from 1996 to the present (June 2001).
  • henry steele commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
  • homogeneous catalysis — Homogeneous catalysis is catalysis in which the catalyst takes part in the reaction that it increases.
  • humanistic psychology — an approach to psychology that emphasizes emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others
  • hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
  • indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • industrial psychology — the application of psychological principles and techniques to business and industrial problems, as in the selection of personnel or development of training programs.
  • instrumental learning — a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
  • 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
  • jewish defense league — an organization of militant Jewish activists, founded in 1968 in the U.S. to combat anti-Semitism and defend Jewish interests worldwide. Abbr.: JDL.
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