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19-letter words containing n, a, g, i

  • displacement engine — any engine employing the rectilinear motion of one or more pistons in cylinders.
  • display advertising — display ads taken collectively.
  • distinguishableness — The state or quality of being distinguishable.
  • diversified farming — the practice of producing a variety of crops or animals, or both, on one farm, as distinguished from specializing in a single commodity.
  • dominant wavelength — the wavelength of monochromatic light that would give the same visual sensation if combined in a suitable proportion with an achromatic light
  • drawing-room comedy — a light, sophisticated comedy typically set in a drawing room with characters drawn from polite society.
  • duplicating machine — a duplicator, especially one for making identical copies of documents, letters, etc.
  • dynamic positioning — Dynamic positioning is the use of computers to control the position of a semi-submersible rig.
  • earthquake engineer — a civil engineer who studies the effects of seismic activity on structures and consults on earthquake-resistant design and construction.
  • economic management — the management of the resources, finances, income, and expenditure of a community, business enterprise, etc
  • electrical engineer — An electrical engineer is a person who uses scientific knowledge to design, construct, and maintain electrical devices.
  • electromagnetically — By means of electromagnetism.
  • electron micrograph — a photograph or image of a specimen taken using an electron microscope
  • electronegativities — Plural form of electronegativity.
  • electronic graphics — (on television) the production of graphic designs and text by electronic means
  • electronic magazine — (messaging, publication, web)   (e-zine) A regular publication on some particular topic distributed in digital form, chiefly now via the web but also by electronic mail or floppy disk. E-zines are often distributed for free by enthusiasts.
  • enabling technology — technology that enables the user to perform a task or to improve his or her overall performance: e.g. the internet
  • energy conservation — concerted formal or government action or policy to make sure that energy is not wasted
  • engineering factory — a factory where engineering products are made
  • english toy spaniel — breed of dog
  • entitlement program — a government program providing defined sectors of the population with social benefits
  • equatorial mounting — an astronomical telescope mounting that allows motion of the telescope about two mutually perpendicular axes, one of which is parallel to the earth's axis
  • error-based testing — (programming)   Testing where information about programming style, error-prone language constructs, and other programming knowledge is applied to select test data capable of detecting faults, either a specified class of faults or all possible faults.
  • euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
  • evaluation strategy — reduction strategy
  • evaporative cooling — a method of reducing temperature that uses evaporation
  • executive agreement — an agreement made between the US President and the head of a foreign state, having the effect of a treaty
  • extreme programming — a discipline of software engineering following a specific structure, designed to simplify and speed up the development process
  • fault-based testing — (testing)   Software testing using test data designed to demonstrate the absence of a set of pre-specified faults; typically, frequently occurring faults. For example, to demonstrate that the software handles or avoids divide by zero correctly, the test data would include zero.
  • figurative language — language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors.
  • fix someone's wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
  • fixed exchange rate — finance: set rate of exchange
  • fixed-wing aircraft — a heavier-than-air aircraft capable of flight whose lift is generated not by wing motion relative to the aircraft, but by forward motion through the air
  • flag of convenience — the foreign flag under which merchant ships register in order to save on taxes or wages, or to avoid government regulations.
  • flat-joint pointing — pointing having flush joints of common mortar.
  • floating foundation — a foundation used in yielding soil, having for its footing a raft tending to displace a weight greater than that of the building.
  • floating restaurant — a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
  • floating-point unit — (hardware)   (FPU) A floating-point accelerator, usually in a single integrated circuit, possible on the same IC as the central processing unit.
  • flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose-purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit.
  • fortification agate — an agate, used as a gem, having polygonal banding such that it suggests the plan of a bastion.
  • forward engineering — (process)   The traditional process of moving from high-level abstractions and logical, implementation-independent designs to the physical implementation of a system. Contrast reverse engineering.
  • forward integration — the acquisition of all or part of a distribution chain by a firm that sells the goods distributed, so that the firm becomes or become closer to the direct seller of the goods
  • free alongside quay — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the quay without charge to the buyer
  • free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
  • front-end financing — money or costs required or incurred in advance of a project in order to get it under way
  • front-fastening bra — a bra which is fastened together at the front of the body
  • functional language — (language)   A language that supports and encourages functional programming.
  • future date testing — (testing)   The process of setting a computer's date to a future date to test a program's (expected or unexpected) date sensitivity. Future date testing only shows the effects of dates on the computer(s) under scrutiny, it does not take into account knock-on effects of dates on other connected systems.
  • gain on translation — A gain on translation is the amount of money that is made by a company by converting another currency used in a transaction into the functional currency of the company.
  • galactic coordinate — Usually, galactic coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates that define the position of a celestial body with reference to the Milky Way.
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