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17-letter words containing o, r, g, a

  • a change of heart — If someone has a change of heart, their attitude towards something changes.
  • a grip on reality — If you say that someone has a grip on reality, you mean they recognize the true situation and do not have mistaken ideas about it.
  • a sporting chance — If you have a sporting chance of doing something, it is quite likely that you will do that thing.
  • academie goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
  • acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
  • acceptance region — Statistics. the set of values of a test statistic for which the null hypothesis is accepted.
  • accessory pigment — any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
  • according to plan — If something happens according to plan, it happens in exactly the way that it was intended to happen.
  • accounting period — a period of time for which accounts are drawn up
  • acidity regulator — a substance, such as citric acid, added to food to change or maintain its pH value
  • activation energy — the least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction.
  • aerial photograph — a photograph taken from the air
  • aerobic digestion — Aerobic digestion is a process which uses bacteria and oxygen to break down organic and biological waste.
  • age before beauty — (often said humorously when yielding precedence) older people take precedence over younger people
  • age of discretion — the age at which a person is considered to be able to manage his or her own affairs
  • agent provocateur — An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
  • agree to disagree — If two people who are arguing about something agree to disagree or agree to differ, they decide to stop arguing because neither of them is going to change their opinion.
  • agreement to sell — a contract between two parties in which one party agrees to sell something to the other
  • agricultural show — a display of agricultural equipment and livestock, often including competitions, entertainment, and a trade fair
  • algorithmic model — (programming)   A method of estimating software cost using mathematical algorithms based on the parameters which are considered to be the major cost drivers. These estimate of effort or cost are based primarily on the size of the software or Delivered Source Instructions (DSI)s, and other productivity factors known as Cost Driver Attributes. See also Parametric Model.
  • alligator snapper — a large, freshwater snapping turtle (Macroclemys temmincki) of the SE U.S. and the Mississippi Valley, found chiefly in rivers and bayous: it may weigh up to 100 kg (220 lb)
  • alphaphotographic — Of or pertaining to alphaphotographics.
  • altamonte springs — a city in central Florida.
  • alternating group — the subgroup consisting of all even permutations, of the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • american dog tick — a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia.
  • anagrammatization — Transformation of a word, etc. into its anagram.
  • analogue computer — (computer, hardware)   A machine or electronic circuit designed to work on numerical data represented by some physical quantity (e.g. rotation or displacement) or electrical quantity (e.g. voltage or charge) which varies continuously, in contrast to digital signals which are either 0 or 1. For example, the turning of a wheel or changes in voltage can be used as input. Analogue computers are said to operate in real time and are used for research in design where many different shapes and speeds can be tried out quickly. A computer model of a car suspension allows the designer to see the effects of changing size, stiffness and damping.
  • analytic geometry — the branch of geometry in which a coordinate graphing system makes visible, using points, lines, and curves, the numerical relationships of algebraic equations
  • aneroid barograph — an aneroid barometer equipped with an automatic recording mechanism.
  • angiocardiography — the making of X-ray pictures of the heart and its blood vessels after injecting a radiopaque substance
  • angle of friction — the angle of a plane to the horizontal when a body placed on the plane will just start to slide. The tangent of the angle of friction is the coefficient of static friction
  • angostura bitters — a bitter aromatic tonic made from gentian and various spices and vegetable colourings, used as a flavouring in alcoholic drinks
  • angra do heroismo — a port in the Azores, on Terceira Island. Pop: 35 581 (2001)
  • angular leaf spot — a disease of plants, characterized by angular, watery spots on the leaves and fruit, caused by any of several bacteria, as Pseudomonas lachrymans.
  • anionic detergent — any of a class of synthetic compounds whose anions are alkali salts, as soap, or whose ions are ammonium salts.
  • anthropogenically — In an anthropogenic way.
  • anthropogeography — a branch of anthropology dealing with the geographical distribution of humankind and the relationship between human beings and their environment.
  • anthropologically — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
  • anthropophaginian — (nonce, humorous) One who eats human flesh.
  • anti-carcinogenic — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
  • anti-profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
  • antiferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance in which, at sufficiently low temperatures, the magnetic moments of adjacent atoms point in opposite directions.
  • antiprostaglandin — A prostaglandin inhibitor.
  • antivirus program — antivirus software
  • anytime algorithm — (algorithm)   An algorithm that returns a sequence of approximations to the correct answer such that each approximation is no worse than the previous one, i.e. the algorithm can be stopped at _any time_. x = (x + b / x) / 2 Each new x is closer to the square root than the previous one. Applications might include a real-time control system or a chess program that is allowed a fixed thinking time.
  • arlington heights — village in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 76,000
  • armchair shopping — buying goods using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
  • arresting officer — the police officer making an arrest
  • arsenic poisoning — poisoning by arsenic
  • as far as it goes — If you say that something is good as far as it goes or true so far as it goes, you mean that it is good or true only to a limited extent.

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