17-letter words containing g, o, t, e
- creeping eruption — a skin eruption with intense itching, caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
- cumulative voting — a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several
- customs brokerage — the work of a customs broker
- cut a good figure — to appear or behave well
- cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
- damage limitation — Damage limitation is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- david livingstone — David, 1813–73, Scottish missionary and explorer in Africa.
- decontextualizing — to remove (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) from a context: decontextualized works of art displayed in museums.
- deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
- demythologization — The act of demythologizing, or something demythologized.
- dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- dialect geography — linguistic geography
- dialectologically — In terms of dialectology.
- diethylene glycol — a syrupy colorless liquid, C 4 H 10 O 3 , used as a solvent for cellulose nitrate and as a fabric softener.
- digital audiotape — a cassette containing magnetic tape used for high-fidelity digital recording or playback of audio. Abbreviation: DAT.
- digital recording — a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is sampled at regular intervals, usually between 40,000 and 50,000 times per second, and each sample is assigned a numerical value, usually expressed in binary notation.
- dihydroergotamine — an ergot alkaloid, C 33 H 37 N 5 O 5 , used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.
- dining room suite — a set of furniture used in a dining room
- disadvantageously — In a disadvantageous manner.
- distributed logic — a computer system in which remote terminals and electronic devices, distributed throughout the system, supplement the main computer by doing some of the computing or decision making
- do the bidding of — to be obedient to; carry out the orders of
- dog in the manger — a person who selfishly keeps something that he or she does not really need or want so that others may not use or enjoy it.
- double gloucester — a type of smooth orange-red cheese of mild flavour
- douglas engelbart — (person) Douglas C. Engelbart, the inventor of the mouse. On 1968-12-09, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, USA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the on live system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The presentation was a session in the of the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse, hypertext, object addressing, dynamic file linking and shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface. The original 90-minute video: Hyperlinks, Mouse, Web-board.
- down the plughole — If you say that something has gone down the plughole, you mean that it has failed or has been lost or wasted.
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- droit du seigneur — the supposed right claimable by a feudal lord to have sexual relations with the bride of a vassal on her first night of marriage.
- ectopic pregnancy — the development of a fertilized ovum outside the uterus, as in a Fallopian tube.
- edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- election campaign — efforts to promote party or candidate to voters
- electoral college — officials: vote for president
- electrocardiogram — A record or display of a person’s heartbeat produced by electrocardiography.
- electrometallurgy — metallurgy involving the use of electric-arc furnaces, electrolysis, and other electrical operations
- electromyographic — Using electromyography.
- electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
- electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
- electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
- electrotechnology — the technological use of electric power
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- emissions trading — the buying and selling of allowances for pollutant emissions
- emotional baggage — burden of personal experience
- employment agency — company: finds jobs
- enlarged prostate — disorder of male reproductive gland
- enrolment figures — the numbers of people enrolling at an institution, on a course, etc