18-letter words containing g, u, t
- marriage encounter — a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
- mato grosso do sul — a state of W central Brazil: formed in 1979 from part of Mato Grosso state. Capital: Campo Grande. Pop: 2 140 624 (2002). Area: 350 548 sq km (135 318 sq miles)
- microminiaturizing — Present participle of microminiaturize.
- middleburg heights — a town in N Ohio.
- molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
- mortgage insurance — policy to compensate for property loan payments
- moulding technique — the technique used to shape a material into a frame or mould
- multi-user dungeon — Multi-User Dimension
- national guardsman — guardsman (def 2).
- netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
- neuroleptanalgesia — a semiconscious nonreactive state induced by certain drug combinations, as fentanyl with droperidol.
- neuroophthalmology — the branch of ophthalmology that deals with the optic nerve and other nervous system structures involved in vision.
- neutrosophic logic — (logic) (Or "Smarandache logic") A generalisation of fuzzy logic based on Neutrosophy. A proposition is t true, i indeterminate, and f false, where t, i, and f are real values from the ranges T, I, F, with no restriction on T, I, F, or the sum n=t+i+f. Neutrosophic logic thus generalises: - intuitionistic logic, which supports incomplete theories (for 0
- no laughing matter — sth serious
- nonpartisan league — a political organization of farmers, founded in North Dakota in 1915, and extending to many states west of the Mississippi, with the aim of influencing agricultural legislation in state legislatures.
- north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- now you're talking — at last you're saying something agreeable
- occupational group — An occupational group is a category used by insurance companies to classify jobs according to how hazardous they are.
- on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
- open heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- open-heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
- orthopedic surgery — corrective operation on bones or joints
- orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
- out of the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
- outreach programme — a programme designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- outside-in testing — (testing) A strategy for integration testing where units handling program inputs and outputs are tested first, and units that process the inputs to produce output are incrementally included as the system is integrated. A form of hybrid testing.
- ox-tongue partisan — a shafted weapon having a long, wide, tapering blade.
- paediatric nursing — the branch of nursing concerned with the care of children
- parachute regiment — an airborne regiment of an army
- parallel computing — parallel processing
- paraurethral gland — any of a group of vestigial glands located in the posterior wall of the urethra in women.
- particular average — a loss at sea, as through accident or negligence, that is borne solely by the owner of the lost property. Abbreviation: P.A.
- passing modulation — a modulation of a temporary nature.
- passing-out parade — a ceremonial parade of cadets who have completed their training
- pedal steel guitar — an oblong, floor-mounted electrified guitar, usually having ten strings, fretted with a steel bar and producing a wailing sound that is modulated by use of a foot pedal.
- perceptual mapping — the use of a graph or map in the development of a new product, in which the proximity of consumers' images of the new product to those of an ideal product provide an indication of the new product's likely success
- perish the thought — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- petite bourgeoisie — the portion of the bourgeoisie having the least wealth and lowest social status; the lower middle class.
- petroleum engineer — A petroleum engineer is an engineer who is involved in most stages of oil and gas field evaluation, development, and production, whose job is to maximize hydrocarbon recovery and reduce costs and environmental impact.
- phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
- pig-tailed macaque — a forest-dwelling southeast Asian macaque, Macaca nemestrina, having a short, curled tail, colonized for animal behavior studies.
- pigmy hippopotamus — a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis
- population figures — population totals; statistics relating to the size of populations
- portuguese guinean — of or relating to Portuguese Guinea, a former name for Guinea-Bissau, or its inhabitants
- prepare the ground — make conditions ready
- principal argument — the radian measure of the argument between −π and π of a complex number. Compare argument (def 8c).
- procrustean string — (programming) A fixed-length string. If a string value is too long for the allocated space, it is truncated to fit; and if it is shorter, the empty space is padded, usually with space characters. This is an allusion to Procrustes, a legendary robber of ancient Attica. He bound his victims to a bed, and if they were shorter than the bed, he stretched their limbs until they would fit; if their limbs were longer, he lopped them off.
- production manager — a supervisor of the budget, crew and other details in the production of a film or play
- programme of study — the prescribed syllabus that pupils must be taught at each key stage in the National Curriculum