19-letter words containing g, o, n

give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
give one credit for — to commend one for
give one's eyeteeth — Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
go (on a) walkabout — If a king, queen, or other important person goes walkabout or goes on a walkabout, he or she walks through crowds in a public place in order to meet people in an informal way.
go down the tube(s) — If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
go into liquidation — to close one's business by collecting assets and settling all debts
go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
go off at a tangent — If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
go off on a tangent — If someone goes off on a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
go off the deep end — final or ultimate: the end result.
go on a/the rampage — If people go on a rampage, they rush around in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
go on the offensive — If you go on the offensive, go over to the offensive, or take the offensive, you begin to take strong action against people who have been attacking you.
go out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
go round in circles — to engage in energetic but fruitless activity
go to great lengths — If you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.
go to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after it.
go under the hammer — to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
goa, daman, and diu — an administrative territory of India, in the W part: formerly Portuguese India; annexed by India 1961. 1426 sq. mi. (3693 sq. km). Capital: Panjim.
godfrey of bouillon — (Duke of Lower Lorraine) 1060?–1100, French leader of the First Crusade 1096–99.
goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
going, going, gone! — a statement by an auctioneer that the bidding has finished
goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
golden lion tamarin — a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.
goods received note — a document created by a buyer on receipt of merchandise and which describes each good and details the quantity of each received
governing principle — a fundamental moral rule that guides and influences how something is done
government monopoly — the exclusive control of the market supply of a product or service by the government
government-in-exile — a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.
grade point average — a measure of scholastic attainment computed by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
granuloma inguinale — a venereal disease marked by deep ulceration of the skin of the groin and external genitals, caused by the bacterium Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.
graphic workstation — (graphics, computer) A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
gratuitous contract — a contract for the benefit of only one of the parties, the other party receiving nothing as consideration.
gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
great idaean mother — Cybele.
great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
green mountain boys — the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
gregorian telescope — a telescope similar in design to the Cassegrainian telescope but less widely used.
grievance committee — a group of representatives chosen from a labor union or from both labor and management to consider and remedy workers' grievances.
grievance procedure — the established series of steps to be taken in dealing with a grievance raised with an employer by an employee
gross profit margin — A gross profit margin is a measure of the profitability of a company, that is calculated by dividing gross profit by net sales.
grosse pointe farms — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
grosse pointe woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
ground-plane aerial — a quarter-wave vertical dipole aerial in which the electrical image forming the other quarter-wave section is formed by reflection in a system of radially disposed metal rods or in a conductive sheet
gulf of carpentaria — a shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea, in N Australia between Arnhem Land and Cape York Peninsula
gulf of tehuantepec — an inlet of the Pacific on the south coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in S Mexico

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