19-letter words containing h, e, n, g

king charles's head — a fixed idea; personal obsession
knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
ladies-of-the-night — plural of lady-of-the-night.
lady of the evening — a prostitute.
languages of choice — C and Lisp. Nearly every hacker knows one of these, and most good ones are fluent in both. Smalltalk and Prolog are also popular in small but influential communities. There is also a rapidly dwindling category of older hackers with Fortran, or even assembler, as their language of choice. They often prefer to be known as Real Programmers, and other hackers consider them a bit odd (see "The Story of Mel"). Assembler is generally no longer considered interesting or appropriate for anything but HLL implementation, glue, and a few time-critical and hardware-specific uses in systems programs. Fortran occupies a shrinking niche in scientific programming. Most hackers tend to frown on languages like Pascal and Ada, which don't give them the near-total freedom considered necessary for hacking (see bondage-and-discipline language), and to regard everything even remotely connected with COBOL or other traditional card walloper languages as a total and unmitigated loss.
late-night shopping — later opening hours of shops than usual, esp as a regular occurrence on a particular night of the week
league championship — the competition to become league champions
let it all hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
liberation theology — a 20th-century Christian theology, emphasizing the Biblical and doctrinal theme of liberation from oppression, whether racial, sexual, economic, or political.
light entertainment — entertainment that requires less mental effort to enjoy, or is considered frivolous
lighten sb's burden — If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
lucent technologies — (company, telecommunications, Unix) The former systems and equipment portion of AT&T (including Bell Laboratories), split off in 1996.
luteinizing hormone — LH.
magnesium hydroxide — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, Mg(OH) 2 , used chiefly in medicine as an antacid and as a laxative.
magnetic hysteresis — hysteresis in a ferromagnetic material; the lag in the response of magnetic induction to changes of magnetic intensity.
magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.
magnetohydrodynamic — Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics.
male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
manchester encoding — (communications, protocol) A method of transmitting bits which enables the receiver to easily synchronise with the sender. A simple way of signalling bits might be to transmit a high voltage for some period for a 1-bit and a low voltage for a 0 bit: Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High ___ Low |___ Time: -> . . . . . However, when several identical bits are sent in succession, this provides no information to the receiver about when each bit starts and stops. Manchester encoding splits each bit period into two, and ensures that there is always a transition between the signal levels in the middle of each bit. This allows the receiver to synchronise with the sender. In normal Manchester encoding, a 1-bit is transmitted with a high voltage in the first period, and a low voltage in the second, and vice verse for the 0 bit: Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High Low || |_| || Time: -> . ' . ' . ' . ' . In Differential Manchester encoding, a 1-bit is indicated by making the first half of the signal equal to the last half of the previous bit's signal and a 0-bit is indicated by making the first half of the signal opposite to the last half of the previous bit's signal. That is, a zero bit is indicated by a transition at the beginning of the bit. Like normal Manchester encoding, there is always a transition in the middle of the transmission of the bit. Differential Manchester Encoding Bits Sent: 1 1 0 0 Signal: High __ Low |_| || || Time: -> . ' . ' . ' . ' . With each bit period half as long, twice as much bandwidth is required when using either of the Manchester encoding schemes.
manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
mechanical scanning — Electronics. a technique for varying the sector covered by a transmitting or receiving antenna by rotating it.
mechanical-engineer — the branch of engineering dealing with the design and production of machinery.
meningoencephalitic — Relating to meningoencephalitis.
meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
micromesh stockings — stockings made from a material consisting of a fine mesh
midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
next door neighbour — a person who lives in the house, flat, etc, next to one's home
niagara-on-the-lake — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border between Canada and New York.
night-scented stock — a plant, Matthiola bicornis, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
no strings attached — without conditions
non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
northern hog sucker — black sucker.
not for much longer — if something will not happen for much longer, it will soon stop happening
nothing of the kind — not that
nothing of the sort — not at all as described
noughts and crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
noughts-and-crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
on one's high horse — acting in an arrogant, haughty, or disdainful manner
on the razor's edge — a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
on-the-job training — apprenticeship, learning by doing
one of those things — something that cannot be avoided, helped, changed, etc.
open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts

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