19-letter words containing g, o, t, h
- electrophysiologist — A physiologist whose speciality is electrophysiology.
- emergency telephone — a public telephone intended for use in emergencies: for example, at the side of a motorway
- enabling technology — technology that enables the user to perform a task or to improve his or her overall performance: e.g. the internet
- english toy spaniel — breed of dog
- euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
- exophthalmic goiter — a disease of unknown cause characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, overproduction of the thyroid hormone, and abnormal protrusion of the eyeballs
- exophthalmic goitre — a form of hyperthyroidism characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss
- fight to the finish — A fight to the finish is one in which one of the people or groups fighting is killed or completely defeated.
- fighter-interceptor — a fighter plane used for the defense of a region against air attack, especially by attacking bombers.
- finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
- from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- frontier technology — innovative or new technology
- gel electrophoresis — a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in a mixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose or polyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller molecules moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones.
- general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
- geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
- get (or be) hip to — to become (or be) informed or knowledgeable about
- get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- get the hang of sth — If you get the hang of something such as a skill or activity, you begin to understand or realize how to do it.
- giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
- give one's eyeteeth — Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
- give your eye teeth — If you say that you would give your eye teeth for something, you mean that you want it very much and you would do anything to get it.
- glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
- 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 jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
- go off at half-cock — to fail as a result of inadequate preparation or premature starting
- 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 through the hoop — to be subjected to an ordeal
- go through the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- 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 under the hammer — to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
- goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
- goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
- grocer's apostrophe — an apostrophe placed before a final s intended to indicate the plural but in fact forming the possessive
- gulf of tehuantepec — an inlet of the Pacific on the south coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in S Mexico
- hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
- hang on the lips of — to listen to with close attention
- hanging indentation — a style of text-setting in which the first line of a paragraph is set to the full measure and subsequent lines are indented at the left-hand side
- hate someone's guts — to hate someone intensely
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- have a good mind to — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.