21-letter words containing o, n, t, l

fraudulent conversion — conversion committed with the intent to defraud
free-floating anxiety — chronic anxiety occurring for no identifiable cause
fuel injection engine — and engine with a system for introducing atomized liquid fuel under pressure directly into the combustion chambers of an internal-combustion engine without the use of a carburettor
functional dependency — (database) Given a relation R (in a relational database), attribute Y of R is functionally dependent on attribute X of R and X of R functionally determines Y of R (in symbols R.X -> R.Y) if and only if each X in R has associated with it precisely one Y in R (at any one time). Attributes X and Y may be composite. This is very close to a function in the mathematical sense.
functional illiterate — a person with some basic education who still falls short of a minimum standard of literacy or whose reading and writing skills are inadequate to everyday needs.
functional imperative — a requirement for the survival of any social system, as communication, control of conflict, or socialization.
gas blanketed storage — Gas blanketed storage is the use of gas to fill empty space in a storage tank.
geiger-muller counter — an instrument for detecting ionizing radiations, consisting of a gas-filled tube in which electric-current pulses are produced when the gas is ionized by radiation, and of a device to register these pulses: used chiefly to measure radioactivity.
general court-martial — a court-martial having the authority to try any offense against military law and to impose a sentence of dishonorable discharge or of death when provided by law.
general of the armies — a special rank held by John J. Pershing, equivalent to general of the army.
genetic amplification — an increase in the frequency of replication of a DNA segment.
gentleman of the road — a highwayman.
gideons international — an interdenominational lay society organized in 1899 to place Bibles in hotel rooms.
give place to someone — to make room for or be superseded by someone
give someone a tinkle — to call someone on the telephone
give someone the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
glacier national park — a national park in NW Montana: glaciers; lakes; forest reserve. 1534 sq. mi. (3970 sq. km).
glen of imaal terrier — a strongly-built medium-sized variety of terrier with a medium-length coat and short forelegs
gold bullion standard — a gold standard in which gold is not coined but may be purchased at a fixed price for foreign exchange.
goldbach's conjecture — the conjecture that every even number greater than two is the sum of two prime numbers
heliocentric parallax — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
help a person on with — to assist a person in the putting on of (clothes)
henry steele commager — Henry Steele, 1902–98, U.S. historian, author, and teacher.
home improvement loan — a government loan for house improvements such as insulation, adding a bathroom, or urgent repairs
homogeneous catalysis — Homogeneous catalysis is catalysis in which the catalyst takes part in the reaction that it increases.
homolosine projection — an equal-area projection of the world, distorting ocean areas in order to minimize the distortion of the continents.
horizontal stabilizer — the horizontal surface, usually fixed, of an aircraft empennage, to which the elevator is hinged.
horizontal tabulation — (character) (tab, Control-I, HT, ASCII 9) A character which when displayed or printed causes the following character to be placed at the next "tabstop" - the column whose number is a multiple of the current tab width. Commonly (especially in Unix(?)) the tab width is eight, so, counting from the left margin (column zero), the tab stops are at columns 8, 16, 24, up to the width of the screen or page. A tab width of four or two is often preferred when indenting program source code to conserve indentation. Represented as "\t" in C, Unix, and derivatives.
horns and halo effect — a tendency to allow one's judgement of another person, esp in a job interview, to be unduly influenced by an unfavourable (horns) or favourable (halo) first impression based on appearances
host command facility — (operating system) (HCF) Used to access IBM S/36 and AS/400 computers from a mainframe.
hubble classification — a method of classifying galaxies depending on whether they are elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, or irregular
humanistic psychology — an approach to psychology that emphasizes emotions and the better understanding of the self in terms of observation of oneself and one's relations with others
hyperlipoproteinaemia — the condition of having an abnormally high level of lipoproteins in the blood
hysterosalpingography — (medicine) X-ray examination of the uterus and oviducts following injection of a radiopaque substance.
identical proposition — a proposition in which the subject and predicate have the same meaning, as, “That which is mortal is not immortal.”.
immaculate conception — the dogma of the unique privilege by which the Virgin Mary was conceived in her mother's womb without the stain of original sin through the anticipated merits of Jesus Christ. Compare virgin birth (def 1).
immunoelectrophoresis — a technique for the separation and identification of mixtures of proteins, consisting of electrophoresis followed by immunodiffusion.
immunoelectrophoretic — a technique for the separation and identification of mixtures of proteins, consisting of electrophoresis followed by immunodiffusion.
immunohistochemically — By means of or in regard to immunohistochemistry.
in (or out of) place — in (or out of) the customary, proper, or assigned place
in a class of its own — unequalled; unparalleled
in one's shirtsleeves — not wearing a jacket
in-complete dominance — the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.
inclusive disjunction — See under disjunction (def 2a).
indigenous australian — another name for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
indo-australian plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising India and the Australian continent and adjacent suboceanic basins (the Tasman, South Australian, Mid-Indian, Cocos, and Australian basins); separated from the Eurasian Plate by the Java Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the Tonga-Kermadec Trench, and from the African Plate by a series of mid-ocean ridges (the Carlsberg, Mid-Indian, and Southeast Indian ridges).
induction loop system — a system enabling partially deaf people to hear dialogue and sound in theatres, cinemas, etc, consisting of a loop of wire placed round the perimeter of a designated area. This emits an electromagnetic signal which is picked up by a hearing aid
industrial misconduct — behaviour by an employee that is considered to be negligent or irregular to such an extent that disciplinary action may be taken, usually by agreement between management and the employee's representatives
industrial psychology — the application of psychological principles and techniques to business and industrial problems, as in the selection of personnel or development of training programs.
industrial revolution — (sometimes initial capital letters) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.

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