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21-letter words containing g, s, t, a, r

  • deep scattering layer — any of the stratified zones in the ocean which reflect sound during echo sounding, usually composed of marine organisms which migrate vertically from c. 250 to 800 m (c. 820 to 2,625 ft)
  • disassortative mating — the reproductive pairing of individuals that have traits more dissimilar than would likely be the case if mating were random (contrasted with assortative mating).
  • disk operating system — DOS.
  • distant early warning — a US radar detection system to warn of missile attack
  • eastern daylight time — a time zone applicable to many eastern areas of the United States during the summer months, being a daylight-saving variant of Eastern Standard Time
  • electroencephalograms — Plural form of electroencephalogram.
  • electromagnetic pulse — a surge of electromagnetic radiation, esp one resulting from a nuclear explosion, which can disrupt electronic devices and, occasionally, larger structures and equipment
  • electronystagmography — A diagnostic test to record involuntary movements of the eye caused by a condition known as nystagmus. It can also be used to diagnose the cause of vertigo, dizziness or balance dysfunction by testing the vestibular system.
  • empire state building — New York City skyscraper
  • first-dollar coverage — insurance that provides payment for the full loss up to the insured amount with no deductibles.
  • first-round financing — First round financing is the first time a new company raises money from investors.
  • food standards agency — the full form of FDA
  • forensic anthropology — the branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data, criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law.
  • framing specification — A specification of the "protocol bits" that surround the "data bits" on a communications channel to allow the data to be "framed" into chunks, like start and stop bits in EIA-232. It allows a receiver to synchronize at points along the data stream.
  • franco-belgian system — French system.
  • gas blanketed storage — Gas blanketed storage is the use of gas to fill empty space in a storage tank.
  • gastrohepatic omentum — lesser omentum.
  • gaussian distribution — normal distribution
  • gender disappointment — a feeling of depression or anxiety experienced by an expectant parent when the gender of the baby does not match his or her preference
  • general of the armies — a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.
  • gentleman's agreement — unwritten rule or agreement
  • gentlemen's agreement — an agreement that, although unenforceable at law, is binding as a matter of personal honor.
  • gestalt psychotherapy — a therapy devised in the US in the 1960s in which patients are encouraged to concentrate on the immediate present and to express their true feelings
  • get in someone's hair — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
  • get one's breath back — When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again.
  • get/have the hots for — If you say that one person has the hots for another, you mean that they feel a strong sexual attraction to that person.
  • gideons international — an interdenominational lay society organized in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
  • give a horse its head — to allow a horse to gallop by lengthening the reins
  • give sb a green light — If someone in authority gives you a green light, they give you permission to do something.
  • give sb the runaround — If someone gives you the runaround, they deliberately do not give you all the information or help that you want, and send you to another person or place to get it.
  • go (in) to bat for sb — If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support.
  • gold bullion standard — a gold standard in which gold is not coined but may be purchased at a fixed price for foreign exchange.
  • goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
  • got what one deserved — If you say that someone got what they deserved, you mean that they deserved the bad thing that happened to them, and you have no sympathy for them.
  • great smoky mountains — the W part of the Appalachians, in W North Carolina and E Tennessee. Highest peak: Clingman's Dome, 2024 m (6642 ft)
  • great st bernard pass — St. Bernard, Great.
  • great victoria desert — a desert in SW central Australia. 125,000 sq. mi. (324,000 sq. km).
  • greater sunda islands — a group of islands in the W Malay Archipelago, forming the larger part of the Sunda Islands: consists of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Sulawesi
  • greenwich observatory — the national astronomical observatory of Great Britain, housed in a castle in E Sussex; formerly located at Greenwich.
  • guaranteed scheduling — (algorithm)   A scheduling algorithm used in multitasking operating systems that guarantees fairness by monitoring the amount of CPU time spent by each user and allocating resources accordingly.
  • have a strong stomach — not to be prone to nausea
  • henry steele commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
  • highest common factor — greatest common divisor. Abbreviation: H.C.F.
  • human rights activist — a person who campaigns for human rights
  • hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
  • in good circumstances — (of a person) in a good financial situation
  • indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
  • industrial psychology — the application of psychological principles and techniques to business and industrial problems, as in the selection of personnel or development of training programs.
  • inner spring mattress — a mattress with a system of wire coils or springs inside for buoyancy or comfort purposes
  • instrumental learning — a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
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