20-letter words containing i, s, o, g, e, n
- confectioners' sugar — Confectioners' sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and candy.
- congressional record — (in the US) the government journal that publishes all proceedings of Congress
- continental congress — the assembly of delegates from the North American rebel colonies held during and after the War of American Independence. It issued the Declaration of Independence (1776) and framed the Articles of Confederation (1777)
- controlling interest — a quantity of shares in a business that is sufficient to ensure control over its direction
- convective discharge — the repulsion of ions of a gas by a highly charged body, creating a discernible wind.
- corresponding angles — a pair of nonadjacent angles, one interior and one exterior, on the same side of a transversal: these paired angles are equal if the lines cut by the transversal are parallel
- cost-of-living index — a numerical scale by means of which cost-of-living levels can be compared with a base number
- criminal proceedings — action taken in a court to bring a criminal prosecution against someone
- de facto segregation — racial, ethnic, or other segregation resulting from societal differences between groups, as socioeconomic or political disparity, without institutionalized legislation intended to segregate.
- deinstitutionalizing — Present participle of deinstitutionalize.
- deontological ethics — the branch of ethics dealing with right action and the nature of duty, without regard to the goodness or value of motives or the desirability of the ends of any act.
- differential housing — the casing that houses the differential of a motor vehicle
- diogenes (of sinope) — 412?-323? b.c.; Gr. philosopher: noted for founding the Cynical school of philosophy
- directory user agent — (DUA) The software that accesses the X.500 Directory Service on behalf of the directory user. The directory user may be a person or another software element.
- dispersion hardening — the strengthening of an alloy as a result of the presence of fine particles in the lattice
- displacement tonnage — the number of long tons of water displaced by a vessel, light or load displacement being specified.
- do someone's bidding — command; summons; invitation: I went there at his bidding.
- domestic heating oil — a liquid petroleum product used to fuel residential building furnaces or boilers
- early modern english — the English language represented in printed documents of the period starting with Caxton (1476) and ending with Dryden (1700).
- early sunday morning — a painting (1930) by Edward Hopper.
- eight queens problem — eight queens puzzle
- electronic signature — electronic proof of a person's identity
- enabling legislation — legislation conferring certain specified powers on a person or organization
- estrela mountain dog — a sturdy well-built dog of a Portuguese breed with a long thick coat and a thick tuft of hair round the neck, often used as a guard dog
- evening primrose oil — an oil, obtained from the seeds of the evening primrose, that is claimed to stimulate the production of prostaglandins
- fight for one's life — Someone who is fighting for their life is making a great effort to stay alive, either when they are being physically attacked or when they are very ill.
- frosting on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- gastroduodenostomies — Plural form of gastroduodenostomy.
- general postal union — former name of Universal Postal Union. Abbreviation: GPU.
- get one's finger out — to begin or speed up activity, esp after initial delay or slackness
- get one's teeth into — to become engrossed in
- get someone in wrong — to bring someone into disfavor
- get under one's skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- give one's right arm — to be prepared to make any sacrifice
- give someone the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- give someone the eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- glucosamine sulphate — a compound used in some herbal remedies and dietary supplements, esp to strengthen joint cartilage
- go against the grain — If you say that an idea or action goes against the grain, you mean that it is very difficult for you to accept it or do it, because it conflicts with your previous ideas, beliefs, or principles.
- good driver discount — A good driver discount is a discount on insurance that is available to drivers who have no at-fault accidents and no traffic offenses during a particular period.
- green monkey disease — Marburg disease.
- green mountain state — Vermont (used as a nickname).
- gregory of nazianzus — Saint. ?329–89 ad, Cappadocian theologian: bishop of Caesarea (370–79). Feast days: Jan 2, 25, and 30
- group life insurance — a form of life insurance available to members of a group, typically employees of a company, under a master policy.
- group representation — representation in a governing body on the basis of interests rather than by geographical location.
- guided visualization — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
- hang up one's spikes — to retire, as from a professional sport
- harmonic progression — a series of numbers the reciprocals of which are in arithmetic progression.
- he's no oil painting — he is not good-looking
- high-density housing — housing with a higher population density than the average, typically blocks of flats, and tower blocks
- hold one's head high — to conduct oneself in a proud and confident manner