18-letter words containing g, t

there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
thin on the ground — If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
third man argument — (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the argument against the existence of Platonic Forms that since the Form of Man is itself a perfect man, a further form (the "third" man) would be required to explain this, and so ad infinitum
thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
three-day eventing — participation in a three day equestrian competition consisting of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping
tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
tip of the iceberg — a large floating mass of ice, detached from a glacier and carried out to sea.
to a grinding halt — If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends.
to agree to differ — If two people who are arguing about something agree to disagree or agree to differ, they decide to stop arguing because neither of them is going to change their opinion.
to be above ground — to be alive
to be caught short — If you are caught short or are taken short, you feel a sudden strong need to urinate, especially when you cannot easily find a toilet.
to fall from grace — If someone falls from grace, they suddenly stop being successful or popular.
to get a bad press — If someone or something gets a bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get a good press, they are praised.
to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
to gird your loins — If you gird your loins, you prepare to do something difficult or dangerous.
to grit your teeth — If you grit your teeth, you make up your mind to carry on even if the situation is very difficult.
to gussy sb/sth up — to give (a person or thing) a smarter or more interesting appearance
to one's advantage — If you use or turn something to your advantage, you use it in order to benefit from it, especially when it might be expected to harm or damage you.
to plough a furrow — If you say that someone ploughs a particular furrow or ploughs their own furrow, you mean that their activities or interests are different or isolated from those of other people.
to scrape a living — If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living.
to spill your guts — if someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private
to stop at nothing — If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it.
to take the plunge — If you take the plunge, you decide to do something that you consider difficult or risky.
to-ing and fro-ing — If you say that there is a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, you mean that the same actions or movements or the same arguments are being repeated many times.
torsion-free group — a group in which every element other than the identity has infinite order.
touch-in-goal line — either of the two touchlines at each end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
track geometry car — a railroad car equipped with instruments for providing a continuous printed record of the cross level, gauge, alignment, warp, curvature, and bank of a track.
transcendental ego — (in Kantian epistemology) that part of the self that is the subject and never the object.
transfer passenger — a traveller who changes from one plane, train, or bus to another, or to another form of transport
translation agency — an organization that provide people to translate speech or writing into a different language
transmogrification — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
transporter bridge — a bridge for carrying passengers and vehicles by means of a platform suspended from a trolley.
traveling salesman — a male representative of a business firm who travels in an assigned territory soliciting orders for a company's products or services.
travelling library — a mobile library in which a vehicle such as a van delivers books to be borrowed
treaty obligations — obligations or duties that must be carried out by a party as according to a treaty they have entered into
treaty of waitangi — a treaty signed in 1840 by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government, providing the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
triangle of forces — a triangle whose sides represent the magnitudes and directions of three forces whose resultant is zero and which are therefore in equilibrium
trickle irrigation — drip irrigation.
tune someone grief — to annoy or harass someone
two-minute warning — a time-out called by an official to notify both teams that two minutes remain in a half.
two-tier financing — a form of lending in which the debt is divided into two separate parts, as in a first and second mortgage held by an individual on a single property
ultrasonic testing — the scanning of material with an ultrasonic beam, during which reflections from faults in the material can be detected: a powerful nondestructive test method
ultrasonic welding — the use of high-energy vibration of ultrasonic frequency to produce a weld between two components which are held in close contact
under the aegis of — guided or protected by
under-registration — the act of registering.
unilateral neglect — a symptom of brain damage in which a person is unaware of one side of his or her body and of anything in the external world on the same side
unit magnetic pole — the unit of magnetic pole strength equal to the strength of a magnetic pole that repels a similar pole with a force of one dyne, the two poles being placed in a vacuum and separated by a distance of one centimeter.
universal negative — a proposition of the form “No S is P.” Symbol: E, e.

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