22-letter words containing o, n, e, i, r
- fixed point combinator — (mathematics) (Y) The name used in combinatory logic for the fixed point function, also written as "fix".
- flat-screen television — A flat-screen television is a television with a flat, narrow screen.
- floating exchange rate — a system in which the value of a currency fluctuates against other currencies in accordance with market forces
- flocculent precipitate — a woolly-looking precipitate, as aluminum hydroxide formed by the addition of ammonia to an aluminum-salt solution.
- forced place insurance — Forced place insurance is insurance taken out by a bank or creditor on an uninsured debtor's behalf on a property that is being used as collateral.
- fort benjamin harrison — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in central Indiana, NE of Indianapolis.
- frequency distribution — the correspondence of a set of frequencies with the set of categories, intervals, or values into which a population is classified.
- fresh out of something — If you are fresh out of something, you have recently used the last of it and have none left.
- friar minor conventual — a friar belonging to a branch of the Franciscan order that separated from the Observants in the 15th century, and that observes a modification of the rule of St. Francis. Also called Conventual. Compare Friar Minor, capuchin (def 4).
- frictional electricity — static electricity generated by friction
- fringed with something — having a specified thing around the edge
- gallamine triethiodide — a neuromuscular blocking drug, C 30 H 60 I 3 N 3 O 3 , similar to curare, used as a skeletal muscle relaxant in conjunction with surgical anesthesia.
- galvanic skin response — a change in the electrical conductivity of the skin caused by an emotional reaction to a stimulus.
- gastrointestinal tract — organs of digestion
- generalized coordinate — Usually, generalized coordinates. one of a minimum set of coordinates needed to specify the state or position of a given system.
- genitourinary medicine — the branch of medical science concerned with the study and treatment of diseases of the genital and urinary organs, esp sexually transmitted diseases
- geographic determinism — a doctrine that regards geographical conditions as the determining or molding agency of group life.
- geometric distribution — the distribution of the number, x, of independent trials required to obtain a first success: where the probability in each is p, the probability that x = r is p(1-p)r–1, where r = 1, 2, 3, …, with mean 1/p
- get (or have) wind of — to get (or have) information or a hint concerning; hear (or know) of
- get a word in edgeways — to succeed in interrupting a conversation in which someone else is talking incessantly
- get a word in edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- give a person what for — to punish or reprimand a person severely
- give it up for someone — to applaud someone
- give someone the works — to murder someone
- give something a whirl — to attempt or give a trial to something
- gloria in excelsis deo — the hymn beginning, in Latin, Gloria in Excelsis Deo, “Glory in the highest to God,” and in the English version, “Glory be to God on high.”.
- go through the motions — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- golden-crowned kinglet — a yellowish-green kinglet, Regulus satrapa, of North America, having a yellow or orange patch on the top of the head.
- government corporation — a corporation set up by a national government to carry out business transactions on its behalf
- government expenditure — the overall public spending carried out by the government
- government osi profile — (networking, standard) (GOSIP) A subset of OSI standards specific to US Government procurements, designed to maximize interoperability in areas where plain OSI standards are ambiguous or allow excessive options.
- governor winthrop desk — an 18th-century American desk having a slant front.
- graeco-roman wrestling — a style of wrestling in which the legs may not be used to obtain a fall and no hold may be applied below the waist
- gravitational collapse — the final stage of stellar evolution in which a star collapses to a final state, as a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, when the star's nuclear reactions no longer generate enough pressure to balance the attractive force of gravity.
- gravitational redshift — (in general relativity) the shift toward longer wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source in a gravitational field, especially at the surface of a massive star.
- green around the gills — the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- greystone technologies — (company) The producers of the GT/M MUMPS compiler and GT/SQL pre-processor for VAX and DEC Alpha.
- gridiron-tailed lizard — zebra-tailed lizard.
- gross written premiums — Gross written premiums are the total revenue from a contract expected to be received by an insurer before deductions for reinsurance or ceding commissions.
- guanosine triphosphate — GTP.
- gulf of saint lawrence — a deep arm of the Atlantic off the E coast of Canada between Newfoundland and the mainland coasts of Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
- halfwave rectification — a rectifier that changes only one half of a cycle of alternating current into a pulsating, direct current.
- hans christian oersted — Hans Christian [hahns kris-tyahn] /hɑns ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1777–1851, Danish physicist.
- have one's heart in it — to have enthusiasm for something
- heart is in your mouth — If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened.
- help a person off with — to assist a person in the removal of (clothes)
- here's mud in your eye — a humorous drinking toast
- hermann-mauguin symbol — a notation for indicating a particular point group.
- highway contract route — a route for carrying mail over the highway between designated points, given on contract to a private carrier and often requiring, in rural areas, delivery to home mailboxes. Abbreviation: HCR.
- hit the ground running — begin enthusiastically