19-letter words containing n, o, t, h, e

euclidean algorithm — Euclid's Algorithm
exhibitionistically — In an exhibitionistic manner.
fall in love (with) — to begin to feel love (for)
fight to the finish — A fight to the finish is one in which one of the people or groups fighting is killed or completely defeated.
fighter-interceptor — a fighter plane used for the defense of a region against air attack, especially by attacking bombers.
finger on the pulse — If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it.
flannelmouth sucker — a sucker, Catostomus latipinnis, of the Colorado River and its tributaries.
flavor of the month — Informal. the subject of intense, usually temporary interest; the current fashion.
fly in the ointment — Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
focal plane shutter — an opaque shield in a camera, lying in the focal plane of the lens, that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second
focal-plane shutter — a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.
for the life of one — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
forensic psychiatry — the use of psychiatric knowledge and techniques in questions of law, as in determining legal insanity.
frameshift mutation — a mutation caused by frameshift.
french north africa — the former French possessions of Algeria, French Morocco, and Tunisia
friend of the court — amicus curiae.
frontier technology — innovative or new technology
general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
get the hang of sth — If you get the hang of something such as a skill or activity, you begin to understand or realize how to do it.
give one's eyeteeth — Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
go down the tube(s) — If a business, economy, or institution goes down the tubes or goes down the tube, it fails or collapses completely.
go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
go off the deep end — final or ultimate: the end result.
go on a/the rampage — If people go on a rampage, they rush around in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
go on the offensive — If you go on the offensive, go over to the offensive, or take the offensive, you begin to take strong action against people who have been attacking you.
go to great lengths — If you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.
go under the hammer — to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
great idaean mother — Cybele.
great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
gulf of tehuantepec — an inlet of the Pacific on the south coast of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in S Mexico
hamiltonian problem — (computability) (Or "Hamilton's problem") A problem in graph theory posed by William Hamilton: given a graph, is there a path through the graph which visits each vertex precisely once (a "Hamiltonian path")? Is there a Hamiltonian path which ends up where it started (a "Hamiltonian cycle" or "Hamiltonian tour")? Hamilton's problem is NP-complete. It has numerous applications, sometimes completely unexpected, in computing.
handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
hang on the lips of — to listen to with close attention
hanging indentation — a style of text-setting in which the first line of a paragraph is set to the full measure and subsequent lines are indented at the left-hand side
hate someone's guts — to hate someone intensely
haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
have a few too many — If you say that someone has had a few too many or has had a few, you mean that they have drunk too many alcoholic drinks.
have a good mind to — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
have a nose for sth — If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.

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