19-letter words containing g, t

gigabits per second — (unit) (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30 bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second, which is slightly less) than 2^30).
giotto (di bondone) — 1266?-1337; Florentine painter & architect
give (free) rein to — to allow to act without restraint
give a person a fit — to surprise a person in an outrageous manner
give one credit for — to commend one for
give one's eyeteeth — Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
give sb the willies — If someone or something gives you the willies, they make you feel nervous or frightened.
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.
glacial acetic acid — acetic acid of at least 99.5 percent concentration, solidifying at 16.7°C.
glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
gloucester old spot — a hardy rare breed of pig, white with a few black markings, that originally lived off windfalls in orchards in the Severn valley
glyceryl trinitrate — nitroglycerin.
go (on a) walkabout — If a king, queen, or other important person goes walkabout or goes on a walkabout, he or she walks through crowds in a public place in order to meet people in an informal way.
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 into liquidation — to close one's business by collecting assets and settling all debts
go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
go off at a tangent — If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
go off at half-cock — to fail as a result of inadequate preparation or premature starting
go off on a tangent — If someone goes off on a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
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 out of one's way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
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 to rack and ruin — If you say that a place is going to rack and ruin, you are emphasizing that it is slowly becoming less attractive or less pleasant because no-one is bothering to look after 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.
golden lion tamarin — a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.
goods received note — a document created by a buyer on receipt of merchandise and which describes each good and details the quantity of each received
government monopoly — the exclusive control of the market supply of a product or service by the government
government-in-exile — a government temporarily moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to establish that government in their native country after its liberation.
grade point average — a measure of scholastic attainment computed by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.
grammatical meaning — the meaning of an inflectional morpheme or of some other syntactic device, as word order.
grandfather's chair — wing chair.
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.
gratuitous contract — a contract for the benefit of only one of the parties, the other party receiving nothing as consideration.
gravitational field — the attractive effect, considered as extending throughout space, of matter on other matter.
gray-cheeked thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus minimus, having olive upper parts and grayish cheeks.
great crested grebe — a large Old World grebe, Podiceps cristatus, having black, earlike tufts of feathers projecting backward from the top of the head.
great idaean mother — Cybele.
great indian desert — a desert in NW India and S Pakistan. About 77,000 sq. mi. (200,000 sq. km).
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.
great-grandchildren — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.

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