17-letter words containing g, o, t, h
- come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
- computer graphics — the use of a computer to produce and manipulate pictorial images on a video screen, as in animation techniques or the production of audiovisual aids
- congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
- connecting flight — a flight taken from an airport other than that from which the journey began, and which is taken in a different aeroplane from that used for the previous stage of the journey
- connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
- consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
- contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
- contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- cryptographically — In a cryptographic manner; using cryptography; for cryptographic purposes.
- cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
- deliver the goods — to produce or perform something promised or expected
- demythologization — The act of demythologizing, or something demythologized.
- 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.
- dialect geography — linguistic geography
- 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 dashboard — (software) A personalised desktop portal that focuses on business intelligence and knowledge management.
- dihydroergotamine — an ergot alkaloid, C 33 H 37 N 5 O 5 , used in the treatment of various types of migraine headache.
- do the bidding of — to be obedient to; carry out the orders of
- do your own thing — If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people.
- 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.
- douglas macarthur — Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in SW Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea 1950–51.
- 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
- edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- electromyographic — Using electromyography.
- electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
- electrotechnology — the technological use of electric power
- establishing shot — Cinema
- ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
- ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
- falling diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of the two apparent vocalic elements is of greater stress or sonority and the second is of lesser stress or sonority, as in (ī), (ou), (oi), etc.
- fear and loathing — (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous - Intel 8086s, COBOL, EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (also known as the RS/6000).
- figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
- fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
- flash photography — photography using a momentary flash of artificial light as a source of illumination.
- flight of capital — When people lose confidence in a particular economy or market and withdraw their investment from it, you can refer to a flight of capital from that economy or market.
- fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
- football hooligan — a noisy violent football supporter
- freight forwarder — a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
- functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
- garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
- gas chromatograph — a chromatograph used for the separation of volatile substances.
- generalized other — an individual's internalized impression of societal norms and expectations.
- genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
- george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- george whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
- geothermal energy — Geothermal energy is energy from temperature differences inside the earth's crust.