18-letter words containing g, o, v

gravitational mass — the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies.
gravitational pull — force of gravity
gravitational wave — (in general relativity) a propagating wave of gravitational energy produced by accelerating masses, especially during catastrophic events, as the gravitational collapse of massive stars.
haemorrhagic fever — any of a group of fevers, such as Ebola virus disease and yellow fever, characterized by internal bleeding or bleeding into the skin
have (got) it made — to be assured of success
have a thing about — If you have a thing about someone or something, you have very strong feelings about them.
have got to do sth — You use have got to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the 'have' is sometimes omitted.
herring bone weave — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
i'll give you that — You say I'll give you that to indicate that you admit that someone has a particular characteristic or ability.
inductive coupling — the coupling between two electric circuits through inductances linked by a common changing magnetic field.
internet go server — (games, networking) (IGS) A place for Go players to meet and play via the Internet.
iverson's language — APL, which went unnamed for many years.
junior heavyweight — a boxer weighing up to 190 pounds (85.5 kg), between light heavyweight and heavyweight.
king james version — Authorized Version.
law of gravitation — a law stating that any two masses attract each other with a force equal to a constant (constant of gravitation) multiplied by the product of the two masses and divided by the square of the distance between them.
limited government — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
logical positivism — a philosophical movement that stresses the function of philosophy as a method of criticizing and analyzing science and that rejects all transcendental metaphysics, statements of fact being held to be meaningful only if they have verifiable consequences in experience and in statements of logic, mathematics, or philosophy itself, and with such statements of fact deriving their validity from the rules of language.
logical positivist — an exponent or follower of logical positivism
love-lies-bleeding — an amaranth, especially Amaranthus caudatus, having spikes of crimson flowers.
low-level language — computer code
magnetic variation — variation (def 8).
margaret of valois — ("Queen Margot") 1533–1615, 1st wife of Henry IV of France: queen of Navarre; patron of science and literature (daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici).
microgravitational — Of or pertaining to microgravitation.
montgomery village — a city in central Maryland.
move the goalposts — to change the aims of an activity to ensure the desired results
moving bed reactor — A moving bed reactor is a reactor in which a layer of catalyst in the form of granules is moved between a reaction area and a regeneration area.
negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
netscape navigator — (networking, tool, product) /Mozilla/ (Often called just "Netscape") A web browser from Netscape Communications Corporation. The first beta-test version was released free to the Internet on 13 October 1994. Netscape evolved from NCSA Mosaic (with which it shares at least one author) and runs on the X Window System under various versions of Unix, on Microsoft Windows and on the Apple Macintosh. It features integrated support for sending electronic mail and reading Usenet news, as well as RSA encryption to allow secure communications for commercial applications such as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image loading; native inline JPEG image display; display and interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in mind. You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You can also pay for it. Version: 1.0N. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
non-self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
objective genitive — a use of the genitive case to express an objective relationship, as in Latin timor mortis (fear of death)
over the long term — in the future
overgeneralization — the act or process of overgeneralizing.
overnight telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.
overtime work(ing) — work at a regular job done in addition to regular working hours
positively charged — having a positive charge
progressive coding — (graphics, file format, algorithm) (Or "interlacing") An aspect of a graphics storage format or transmission algorithm that treats bitmap image data non-sequentially in such a way that later data adds progressively greater resolution to an already full-size image. This contrasts with sequential coding. Progressive coding is useful when an image is being sent across a slow communications channel, such as the Internet, as the low-resolution image may be sufficient to allow the user to decide not to wait for the rest of the file to be received. In an interlaced GIF89 image, the pixels in a row are stored sequentially but the rows are stored in interlaced order, e.g. 0, 8, 4, 12, 2, 6, 8, 10, 14, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15. Each vertical scan adds rows in the middle of the gaps left by the previous one. Interlacing is also supported by other formats. JPEG supports a functionally similar concept known as Progressive JPEG. [How does the algorithm differ?] See also progressive/sequential coding.
progressive dinner — a dinner party in which each successive course is prepared and eaten at the residence of a different participant.
psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
quevedo y villegas — Francisco Gómez de. 1580–1645, Spanish poet and writer, noted for his satires and the picaresque novel La historia de la vida del Buscón (1626)
radioactive dating — any method of determining the age of earth materials or objects of organic origin based on measurement of either short-lived radioactive elements or the amount of a long-lived radioactive element plus its decay product.
reverse angle shot — Movies. reverse shot.
reverse psychology — (in nontechnical use) a method of getting another person to do what one wants by pretending not to want it or to want something else or something more.
school-leaving age — the minimum age that children are legally allowed to leave school - in Britain and the United States, this is 16
sesto san giovanni — a city in Lombardy, N Italy: a suburb of Milan.
seven-league boots — mythical boots that allowed the wearer to travel seven leagues (a former unit of measurement), ie a great length, at each step
standard of living — a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual: The well-educated generally have a high standard of living.
strong derived set — the set of all strong accumulation points of a given set.
tender loving care — considerate and kindly care, as of someone who is ill, upset, etc
thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
to be above ground — to be alive

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