20-letter words containing h, a, e, m, g
- measure one's length — to fall, lie, or be thrown down at full length
- mechanical advantage — the ratio of output force to the input force applied to a mechanism.
- no lack of something — If you say there is no lack of something, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of it.
- pan-american highway — a road system proposed in the 1920s linking nations of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Alaska to Santiago, Chile, with some gaps remaining in Panama and Colombia. The section between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Panama City is known as the Inter-American Highway Total length about 16,000 miles (25,744 km).
- paper chromatography — the separation of mixtures into their constituents by preferential adsorption by a solid, as a column of silica (column chromatography) or a strip of filter paper (paper chromatography) or by a gel.
- paternal grandmother — the mother of someone's father
- peremptory challenge — a formal objection to the service of a juror by a party to a criminal prosecution or a civil action that requires no showing of cause.
- physical meteorology — the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.
- poor man's something — a (cheaper) substitute for something
- psychological moment — the proper or critical time for achieving a desired result: She found the right psychological moment to make her request.
- pythagoras's theorem — (mathematics) The theorem of geometry, named after Pythagoras, of Samos, Ionia, stating that, for a right-angled triangle, the square of the length of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. I.e. if the longest side has length A and the other sides have lengths B and C (in any units), A^2 = B^2 + C^2 (2004-02-12)
- quaker meeting house — a place where Quakers gather for worship
- repurchase agreement — a contract between a dealer, as a bank, and an investor, whereby the investor purchases securities with the promise that they will be bought back by the dealer on a designated date, for which the investor receives a fixed return.
- semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
- short message system — A short message system is a way of sending short written messages from one mobile phone to another. The abbreviation SMS is also used.
- software methodology — (programming) The study of how to navigate through each phase of the software process model (determining data, control, or uses hierarchies, partitioning functions, and allocating requirements) and how to represent phase products (structure charts, stimulus-response threads, and state transition diagrams).
- sweetheart agreement — a contract made through collusion between management and labor representatives containing terms beneficial to management and detrimental to union workers.
- take something amiss — to be annoyed or offended by something
- technology agreement — a framework designed by trade unions for negotiating changes in employment caused by the introduction of new technology
- the (great) pyramids — the three large pyramids at Gîza, Egypt: the largest is the Pyramid of Khufu
- the (whole) ballgame — the main or decisive factor, event, etc.
- the day of judgement — a Christian term for the ending of the world
- the garment industry — the manufacturing of items of clothing
- the grove of academe — the academic world
- the hearing impaired — people whose hearing is partially defective
- the name of the game — If you say that something is the name of the game, you mean that it is the most important aspect of a situation.
- there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
- to go the extra mile — If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something.
- visual merchandising — Visual merchandising is the use of attractive displays and floor plans to increase customer numbers and sales volumes.
- weights and measures — units or standards of measurement
- with all one's might — If you do something with all your might, you do it using all your strength and energy.
- your marching orders — If you give someone their marching orders, you tell them that you no longer want or need them, for example as your employee or as your lover.