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22-letter words containing h, a, n, g

  • full english breakfast — morning meal of eggs, bacon, etc.
  • gallamine triethiodide — a neuromuscular blocking drug, C 30 H 60 I 3 N 3 O 3 , similar to curare, used as a skeletal muscle relaxant in conjunction with surgical anesthesia.
  • garmisch-partenkirchen — a city in S Germany, in the Bavarian Alps.
  • geographic determinism — a doctrine that regards geographical conditions as the determining or molding agency of group life.
  • get (or have) wind of — to get (or have) information or a hint concerning; hear (or know) of
  • get it into one's head — to come to believe (an idea, esp a whimsical one)
  • get one's act together — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
  • get one's hands on sth — If you get your hands on something or lay your hands on something, you manage to find it or obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  • give a person what for — to punish or reprimand a person severely
  • give someone the shaft — to cheat or trick someone
  • give someone the shake — to avoid or get rid of an undesirable person (or thing)
  • give something a whirl — to attempt or give a trial to something
  • glossopharyngeal nerve — either of the ninth pair of cranial nerves, consisting of motor fibers that innervate the muscles of the pharynx, the soft palate, and the parotid glands, and of sensory fibers that conduct impulses to the brain from the pharynx, the middle ear, and the posterior third of the tongue.
  • go through one's paces — to show one's abilities, skills, etc.
  • gold-exchange standard — a monetary system in one country in which currency is maintained at a par with that of another country that is on the gold standard.
  • grand duchy of muscovy — Muscovy (def 1).
  • graph rewriting system — An extension of a term rewriting system which uses graph reduction on terms represented by directed graphs to avoid duplication of work by sharing expressions.
  • graphical display unit — an output device incorporating a cathode ray tube on which both line drawings and text can be displayed. It is usually used in conjunction with a light pen to input or reposition data
  • gravitational redshift — (in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational field, especially at the surface of a massive star.
  • great australian bight — a wide bay in S Australia.
  • green around the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
  • guanosine triphosphate — GTP.
  • hague peace conference — a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1899, that established The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration.
  • handle with kid gloves — grant special treatment to
  • hang out one's shingle — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
  • have a leg to stand on — If you say that someone does not have a leg to stand on, or hasn't got a leg to stand on, you mean that a statement or claim they have made cannot be justified or proved.
  • hermann-mauguin symbol — a notation for indicating a particular point group.
  • highway contract route — a route for carrying mail over the highway between designated points, given on contract to a private carrier and often requiring, in rural areas, delivery to home mailboxes. Abbreviation: HCR.
  • historical linguistics — the study of changes in a language or group of languages over a period of time.
  • holy day of obligation — a day on which Roman Catholics are duty-bound to attend Mass and abstain from certain kinds of work.
  • home improvement grant — a government grant for house improvements such as insulation, adding a bathroom, or urgent repairs
  • in the lap of the gods — If you say that a situation is in the lap of the gods, you mean that its success or failure depends entirely on luck or on things that are outside your control.
  • in/within sb's hearing — If someone says something in your hearing or within your hearing, you can hear what they say because they are with you or near you.
  • industrial archaeology — the study of past industrial machines, works, etc
  • information technology — the development, implementation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software systems to organize and communicate information electronically. Abbreviation: IT.
  • intelligence gathering — espionage, collecting secret information
  • inter-exchange carrier — (communications)   (IXC) A company allowed to handle long-distance calls following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by anti-trust regulators.
  • katharine meyer graham — Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.
  • kensington and chelsea — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • kill yourself laughing — If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny.
  • label switching router — (networking)   (LSR) A device that typically resides somewhere in the middle of a network and is capable of forwarding datagrams by label switching. In many cases, especially early versions of MPLS networks, a LSR will typically be a modified ATM switch that forwards datagrams based upon a label in the VPI/VCI field.
  • land of the rising sun — Japan.
  • leather-stocking tales — a series of historical novels by James Fenimore Cooper, comprising The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer.
  • lethargic encephalitis — sleeping sickness (def 2).
  • local exchange carrier — (communications)   (LEC) A company allowed to handle local calls following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by anti-trust regulators. These vary from Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) through to small independents such as Farmers Cooperative. Local exchange carriers are not allowed to handle long-distance traffic. This is handled by inter-exchange carriers (IXC) who are not allowed to handle local calls.
  • magnetic pole strength — Electricity. a measure of the force exerted by one face of a magnet on a face of another magnet when both magnets are represented by equal and opposite poles. Symbol: m.
  • martin luther king day — the third Monday in January, a legal holiday in some states of the U.S., commemorating the birthday (Jan. 15) of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • mechanical engineering — the branch of engineering dealing with the design and production of machinery.
  • much ado about nothing — a comedy (1598?) by Shakespeare.
  • myalgic encephalopathy — a condition characterized by painful muscles, extreme fatigue, and general debility, sometimes occurring as a sequel to viral illness
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