17-letter words containing n, e, g, o, t
- get in on the act — If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
- get in one's hair — to annoy one
- get into bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- get one's jollies — to have fun or get pleasure; often, specif., from that which is cheap or disreputable
- get one's wind up — to become (or be) nervous or alarmed
- get someone going — to cause a person to be excited, angry, etc.
- gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
- give free rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- give satisfaction — to satisfy
- glass box testing — white box testing
- glory-of-the-snow — any of several plants belonging to the genus Chionodoxa, of the lily family, native to the Old World, having showy, blue, white, or pink flowers that bloom early in the spring.
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- gnash one's teeth — If you say that someone is gnashing their teeth, you mean they are angry or frustrated about something.
- go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- go on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
- go to ... expense — If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something which costs a lot of money. If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it.
- go to the country — If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election.
- going to the dogs — If you say that something is going to the dogs, you mean that it is becoming weaker and worse in quality.
- gold export point — an exchange rate at which it is as cheap to settle international accounts by exporting gold bullion as by buying bills of exchange
- goldbeater's skin — the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used by goldbeaters to lay between the leaves of the metal while they beat it into gold leaf.
- golf ball printer — IBM 2741
- government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
- government broker — the government-appointed stockbroker whose job is to sell government securities on the stock exchange, as instructed by the Bank of England
- graduated pension — the money that an employee receives after retirement if they have paid into the graduated pension scheme
- grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
- grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
- great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
- great-grandmother — a grandmother of one's father or mother.
- greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
- grignard reaction — the reaction of a Grignard reagent with any of the numerous types of compounds with which it can combine, as alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, or esters: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- ground angle shot — a photograph or film shot in which the lens is near the ground, usually pointing up somewhat
- ground connection — the conductor used to establish a ground.
- guilty conscience — Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.
- haemagglutination — Alternative form of hemagglutination.
- haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
- haemoglobinopathy — (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly.
- hanging committee — a group of people that selects and hangs works of art to exhibit
- hanging indention — an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width.
- henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
- high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
- hold one's tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- holding operation — a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation
- homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
- hope against hope — the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
- horst wessel song — the official song of the Nazi party in Germany from 1933 to 1945.
- hospital gangrene — Pathology. a contagious, often fatal gangrene, especially involving amputation stumps and war wounds, occurring usually in crowded, ill-kept hospitals, and caused by putrefactive bacteria.
- housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
- hyperpigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.