17-letter words containing g, o, i, n, t
- polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
- portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
- portuguese guinea — former name of Guinea-Bissau.
- positive eugenics — the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)
- positive thinking — an optimistic attitude
- postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
- pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- pre-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- precision casting — investment casting.
- predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
- prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
- production string — A production string is the series of pipes through which the oil or gas is brought up from the reservoir.
- prothoracic gland — either of a pair of endocrine glands in the anterior thorax of some insects, functioning to promote the series of molts from hatching to adulthood.
- psychodiagnostics — the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.
- psycholinguistics — the study of the relationship between language and the cognitive or behavioral characteristics of those who use it.
- pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
- quantum computing — quantum computer
- rapid prototyping — (programming) The creation of a working model of a software module to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of the function. The prototype is expected to be replaced or refined before inclusion in the final product. Rapid prototyping contrasts with a DIRFT approach which emphasises careful design and implementation to avoid the overheads of debugging and testing prototype code. Rapid prototyping is appropriate when the requirements are unclear or likely to change (which is most of the time).
- recreation ground — an open space for public recreation, esp one in a town, with swings and slides, etc, for children
- recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
- recruiting office — an office where staff are recruited, esp by the military
- remote monitoring — (protocol) (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a much richer set of data about network usage. For RMON to work, network devices, such as hubs and switches, must be designed to support it. The newest version of RMON, RMON 2, provides data about traffic at the network layer in addition to the physical layer. This allows administrators to analyse traffic by protocol.
- restraining order — a judicial order to forbid a particular act until a decision is reached on an application for an injunction.
- retarded ignition — late ignition, which may cause the engine to under-perform
- returning officer — a public official appointed to conduct and preside at an election.
- ring in (or out) — to punch in (or out)
- ringer's solution — an aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the same concentrations as normal body fluids, used chiefly in the laboratory for sustaining tissue.
- salt negotiations — international diplomatic discussions carried out in connection with SALT
- sanctions-busting — the deliberate disregarding of sanctions that are in force against a state, organization, etc
- saturation diving — a method of prolonged diving, using an underwater habitat to allow divers to remain in the high-pressure environment of the ocean depths long enough for their body tissues to become saturated with the inert components of the pressurized gas mixture that they breathe: when this condition is reached, the amount of time required for decompression remains the same, whether the dive lasts a day, a week, or a month.
- second generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- second-generation — being the second generation of a family to be born in a particular country: the oldest son of second-generation Americans.
- see someone right — to ensure fair treatment of (someone)
- self-conditioning — Also called operant conditioning, instrumental conditioning. a process of changing behavior by rewarding or punishing a subject each time an action is performed until the subject associates the action with pleasure or distress.
- self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- self-flagellation — the act or process of flagellating.
- senior management — the most senior staff of an organization or business, including the heads of various divisions or departments led by the chief executive
- sensitivity group — a group of persons participating in sensitivity training.
- separation energy — binding energy (def 1).
- sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
- sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
- shit on a shingle — creamed chipped beef or ground beef in a sauce, served on toast.
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- shooting incident — an incident involving guns
- shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
- shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
- shouting distance — hailing distance.
- sign in (or out) — to sign a register on arrival (or departure)