21-letter words containing g, u, a, i
- duccio di buoninsegna — c1255–1319? Italian painter.
- dumfries and galloway — a region in S Scotland. 2460 sq. mi. (6371 sq. km).
- earthmoving equipment — machines, such as bulldozers, that are used for excavating and moving large quantities of earth
- ecological succession — succession (def 6).
- ecological-succession — the coming of one person or thing after another in order, sequence, or in the course of events: many troubles in succession.
- educational sociology — the application of sociological principles and methods to the solution of problems in an educational system.
- 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
- empire state building — New York City skyscraper
- equiangular hyperbola — a hyperbola with transverse and conjugate axes equal to each other.
- faculty board meeting — a meeting of the governing body of a faculty
- first-round financing — First round financing is the first time a new company raises money from investors.
- friuli-venezia giulia — a region in NE Italy: formerly part of Venezia Giulia, most of which was ceded to Yugoslavia (now Croatia and Slovenia) in 1947. 2947 sq. mi. (7630 sq. km).
- fuming sulphuric acid — a mixture of pyrosulphuric acid, H2S2O7, and other condensed acids, made by dissolving sulphur trioxide in concentrated sulphuric acid
- gastrohepatic omentum — lesser omentum.
- gaussian distribution — normal distribution
- general court-martial — a court-martial having the authority to try any offense against military law and to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or of death when provided by law.
- 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.
- give someone a leg up — to help someone to climb an obstacle by pushing upwards
- gold bullion standard — a gold standard in which gold is not coined but may be purchased at a fixed price for foreign exchange.
- gram-molecular weight — gram molecule. Abbreviation: GMW.
- 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)
- 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
- ground-effect machine — ACV (def 2).
- 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.
- homogeneous catalysis — Homogeneous catalysis is catalysis in which the catalyst takes part in the reaction that it increases.
- human rights activist — a person who campaigns for human rights
- humanistic psychology — an approach to psychology that emphasizes emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others
- hypogammaglobulinemia — A type of immune disorder characterised by a reduction in all types of gamma globulins.
- 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.
- instrumental learning — a method of training in which the reinforcement is made contingent on the occurrence of the response
- internal jugular vein — Anatomy. a jugular vein.
- intravenous drug user — a drug addict who injects drugs (esp heroin) intravenously
- jewish defense league — an organization of militant Jewish activists, founded in 1968 in the U.S. to combat anti-Semitism and defend Jewish interests worldwide. Abbr.: JDL.
- knights of st columba — an international, semi-secret fraternal and charitable order for Catholic laymen, which originated in New Haven, Connecticut in 1882 (the Knights of Columbus)
- language-based editor — language-sensitive editor
- learning difficulties — difficulty experienced in reaching the average standard of people of the same age group as regards intellectual and cognitive skills and performance
- liquefied natural gas — a mixture of various gases, esp methane, liquefied under pressure for transportation and used as an engine fuel
- logic design language — (language) A language for computer design.
- lucila godoy alcayaga — Frédéric [frey-dey-reek] /freɪ deɪˈrik/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, French Provençal poet: Nobel prize 1904.
- macgillicuddy's reeks — a mountain range in County Kerry, SW Ireland. Highest peak (also highest in Ireland), Carrantuohill, 3414 feet (1041 meters).
- madagascar aquamarine — a form of blue beryl from Madagascar, used as a gemstone
- magnesium trisilicate — a white, fine, odorless and tasteless powder, Mg 2 O 8 Si 3 ⋅nH 2 O, used industrially to absorb odors and decolorize and pharmaceutically as an antacid.
- magnetic flux density — Also called magnetic flux density. a vector quantity used as a measure of a magnetic field. Symbol: B.
- magnetofluid dynamics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- management accounting — business: preparing reports, accounts, etc.
- manufacturing company — a company that manufactures goods
- manufacturing process — chain of production
- mechanical metallurgy — the branch of metallurgy dealing with the response of metals to applied forces.