19-letter words containing t, a, g, h, i
- three-point landing — an aircraft landing in which the two wheels of the main landing gear and the tail or nose wheel touch the ground simultaneously.
- thrust augmentation — an increase in the thrust of a jet or rocket engine, as by afterburning or reheating.
- tiglath-pileser iii — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- time sharing option — (operating system) (TSO) System software from IBM that provides time-sharing on an IBM mainframe running in an MVS environment.
- to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
- to fight for breath — If you fight for breath, you try to breathe but find it very difficult.
- to ring the changes — If you say that someone rings the changes, you mean that they make changes or improvements to the way something is organized or done.
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- turn in their grave — If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
- typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- up against the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- valley of the kings — a valley on the west bank of the Nile near the site of Thebes: the necropolis of many of the kings and queens of the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt, c1350–c1200 b.c.
- wage-push inflation — an inflationary trend caused by wage increases that in turn cause rises in production costs and prices.
- watch night service — a service held on the night of December 24, or of December 31
- white-handed gibbon — a gibbon, Hylobates lar, inhabiting Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and northern Sumatra, varying from black to light buff in color, and having white hands and feet: an endangered species.
- white-water rafting — White-water rafting is the activity of riding on a raft over rough, dangerous parts of a fast-flowing river.
- wild bleeding-heart — a plant, Dicentra eximia, of the fumitory family, native to the eastern coast of the U.S., having elongated clusters of drooping, heart-shaped rose-colored or pink flowers.
- wireless telegraphy — Now Rare. radiotelegraphy.
- within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
- world heritage site — a natural or manmade area or structure which is recognized as being of international importance and therefore deserving special protection
- writing on the wall — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- yellowtail kingfish — a large carangid game fish, Seriola grandis, of S Australian waters