17-letter words containing o, t

glass box testing — white box testing
glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
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 back to the pa — to abandon city life in favour of rural life
go by the wayside — to be put aside on account of something more urgent
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 for the collar — to go without a hit in a game
go for the doctor — to make a great effort or move very fast, esp in a horse race
go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
go on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
go out of fashion — be dated
go out of the way — to inconvenience oneself; do something that one would not ordinarily do, or that requires extra or deliberate effort or trouble
go the extra mile — make an exceptional effort
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.
go without saying — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
go-faster stripes — (jargon) chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
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
gold import point — an exchange rate at which it is as cheap to settle international accounts by importing gold bullion as by selling 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
good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
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
grand touring car — GT (def 2).
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 vowel shift — a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).
great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
great willow herb — either of two tall, large-flowered willow herbs, Epilobium angustifolium or E. hirsutum.
great-grandmother — a grandmother of one's father or mother.
greater forkbeard — a fish of the Phycidae family
greater spearwort — a Eurasian ranunculaceous plant, Ranunculus lingua, which grows in wet places and has long narrow leaves and yellow flowers
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.
grist to the mill — If you say that something is grist to the mill, you mean that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone's point of view.
grooved fricative — a fricative, as (s), in which air is channeled through a groove along the center of the tongue.
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.
gunboat diplomacy — diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force, especially by a powerful nation against a weaker one.
gupta corporation — (company) The vendor of SQLWindows. Gupta Corporation provides application development and deployment software for client-server applications, consisting of a relational database, application development tools and transparent connectivity software. Gupta employs 400 people in 15 offices worldwide, including the United States, Europe and Asia. Gupta's 1993 fiscal year income was $5.6 million and their revenue was $56.1 million. Gupta sells client-server system components for networks of personal computers. Address: 1060 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Telephone: +1 (415) 321 9500. Fax: +1 (415) 321 5471.
gustavo a. madero — official name of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
gustavus adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
gustavus-adolphus — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).

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