16-letter words containing i, s, r
- geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- germinal vesicle — the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
- gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
- get sth straight — If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does.
- gird one's loins — Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- gnu archive site — (body) The main GNU FTP archive is on gnu.org but copies ("mirrors") of some or all of the files there are also held on many other computers around the world. To avoid overloading gnu.org and the Internet you should FTP files from the machine closest to yours. Look for a directory like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
- go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
- go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
- goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
- government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- gram atomic mass — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
- grammar analysis — (language) A program written in ABC for answering such questions as "what are the start symbols of all rules", "what symbols can follow this symbol", "which rules are left recursive", and so on. Includes a grammar of ISO Pascal. Version 1 by Steven Pemberton <[email protected]>. Ports to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Macintosh. FTP: ftp.eu.net, ftp.nluug.net programming/languages/abc/examples/grammar/.
- grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
- graphic designer — person: commercial artist
- graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
- graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
- greater antilles — See under Antilles.
- grit one's teeth — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
- gross negligence — extreme carelessness that shows wilful or reckless disregard for the consequences to the safety or property of another
- gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- haemochromatosis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemochromatosis.
- hairbrush cactus — a stout, spiny cactus, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, of Mexico, having white flowers and bristly fruits sometimes used locally as combs.
- hammerstein (ii) — Oscar1895-1960; U.S. librettist & lyricist of musical comedies
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
- hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
- harvard graphics — (graphics, tool) A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
- harvest festival — religious celebration of crops gathered
- harvey firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
- hawaiian gardens — a town in SW California.
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
- hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- heir presumptive — a person who is expected to be the heir but whose expectations may be canceled by the birth of a nearer heir.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
- heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.