22-letter words containing n, e, g, o, t, i
- struggle for existence — the competition in nature among organisms of a population to maintain themselves in a given environment and to survive to reproduce others of their kind.
- take cognizance of sth — If you take cognizance of something, you take notice of it or acknowledge it.
- take something as read — to take something for granted as a fact; understand or presume
- tapered roller bearing — a rolling bearing that uses tapered rollers running in coned races and is able to accept axial thrust as well as providing shaft location
- the (great) depression — the period of economic depression which began in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s
- the caring professions — professions such as nursing and social work that are involved with looking after people who are ill or who need help in coping with their lives
- the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
- the internet of things — a network of objects that are fitted with microchips and connected to the internet, enabling them to interact with each other and to be controlled remotely
- the top of the morning — a morning greeting regarded as characteristic of Irishmen
- the-leaning-tower-pisa — a round, marble campanile in Pisa, Italy, begun in 1174 and now 17 feet (5.2 meters) out of the perpendicular in its height of 179 feet (54 meters).
- there's nothing for it — there's no choice; there's no other course
- to awaken to something — to become aware of something
- to be full to bursting — to be very full
- to be in running order — if something is in running order it is functioning correctly and efficiently
- transient program area — (operating system) (TPA) The region of memory CP/M set aside for user programs.
- transposing instrument — a musical instrument played at a pitch different from that indicated in the score.
- trigonometric equation — an equation involving trigonometric functions of unknown angles, as cos B = ½.
- trigonometric function — any of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a ratio of two of the sides of a right-angled triangle containing the angle. The group includes sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, and cotangent
- turbo-propeller engine — a jet engine with a turbine-driven propeller that produces the principal thrust, augmented by the thrust of the jet exhaust.
- underground combustion — Underground combustion is the process of heating oil to allow it to flow more easily and make it easier to recover.
- university of michigan — (body, education) A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. 70% of the University's students graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. 90% rank in the top 20% of their high school class. 60% of the students receive financial aid. The main Ann Arbor Campus lies in the Huron River valley, 40 miles west of Detroit. The campus boasts 2700 acres with 200 buildings, six million volumes in 23 libraries, nine museums, seven hospitals, hundreds of laboratories and institutes, and over 18000 microcomputers.
- university of nijmegen — (body, education) Katholieke University of Nijmegen (KUN), Nijmegen, the Netherlands. KUN's Computing Science Institute. is known for the Clean, Comma, Communicating Functional Processes, and GLASS projects.
- vibration white finger — a condition affecting workers using vibrating machinery, which causes damage to the blood vessels and nerves of the fingers and leads to a permanent loss of feeling
- wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
- washington court house — a city in SW Ohio.
- with egg on one's face — made to look ridiculous
- within someone's grasp — If you say that something is within someone's grasp, you mean that it is very likely that they will achieve it.
- wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
- zero population growth — the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.