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17-letter words containing g, o, t, h

  • gestatorial chair — a ceremonial chair on which the pope is carried
  • get (right) on it — to begin doing a task (immediately)
  • get in on the act — If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
  • get in one's hair — to annoy one
  • get into bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • get off the grass — an exclamation of disbelief
  • get the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
  • gi bill of rights — any of various Congressional bills enacted to provide funds for college educations, home-buying loans, and other benefits for armed-services veterans.
  • give the go-ahead — authorize sb to do sth
  • give to the world — to publish
  • give up the ghost — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
  • glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
  • globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
  • glory-of-the-snow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring.
  • gnash one's teeth — If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth, you mean they are angry or frustrated about something.
  • go back to the pa — to abandon city life in favour of rural life
  • go by the wayside — to be put aside on account of something more urgent
  • go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
  • go for the collar — to go without a hit in a game
  • go for the doctor — to make a great effort or move very fast, esp in a horse race
  • go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
  • go on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
  • go out of fashion — be dated
  • go out of the way — to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
  • go the extra mile — make an exceptional effort
  • go to the country — If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election.
  • go without saying — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
  • going to the dogs — If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
  • good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
  • grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
  • grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
  • great vowel shift — a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).
  • great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
  • great willow herb — either of two tall, large-flowered willow herbs, Epilobium angustifolium or E. hirsutum.
  • great-grandmother — a grandmother of one's father or mother.
  • greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
  • grist to the mill — If you say that something is grist to the mill, you mean that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone's point of view.
  • ground angle shot — a photograph or film shot in which the lens is near the ground, usually pointing up somewhat
  • gustavus adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
  • gustavus-adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
  • haemagglutination — Alternative form of hemagglutination.
  • haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
  • haemoglobinopathy — (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly.
  • hanging committee — a group of people that selects and hangs works of art to exhibit
  • hanging indention — an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width.
  • hasbrouck heights — a borough in NE New Jersey.
  • hawking radiation — the emission of particles by a black hole. Pairs of virtual particles in the intense gravitational field around a black hole may live long enough for one to move outward when the other is pulled into the black hole, making it appear that the black hole is emitting radiation
  • hemiglossectomies — Plural form of hemiglossectomy.
  • henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
  • henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
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