19-letter words containing t, o, g, a
- montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
- motor generator set — A motor generator set is an alternating current motor that is attached to a generator.
- multiplication sign — Arithmetic. the symbol (⋅), (×), or (∗) between two mathematical expressions, denoting multiplication of the second expression by the first. In certain algebraic notations the sign is suppressed and multiplication is indicated by immediate juxtaposition or contiguity, as in ab.
- napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
- national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
- negation by failure — An extralogical feature of Prolog and other logic programming languages in which failure of unification is treated as establishing the negation of a relation. For example, if Ronald Reagan is not in our database and we asked if he was an American, Prolog would answer "no".
- negative income tax — a system of income subsidy through which persons having less than a certain annual income receive money from the government rather than pay taxes to it.
- neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
- nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
- neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
- new general catalog — a catalog of star clusters, galaxies, and other non-stellar objects, published in 1888
- niagara-on-the-lake — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River, on the border between Canada and New York.
- no strings attached — without conditions
- non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- nonproprietary drug — A nonproprietary drug is a generic drug that is essentially similar to a drug with a brand name.
- not by a long chalk — by no means; not possibly
- not by a long sight — on no account; not at all
- not care/give a fig — If you say that someone doesn't care a fig or doesn't give a fig about something, you are emphasizing that they think it is unimportant or that they are not interested in it.
- noughts and crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
- noughts-and-crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
- nuits-saint-georges — a fine red wine produced near the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Burgundy
- occupation grouping — a category in a system of classifying people according to occupation, based originally on information obtained by government census and subsequently developed by market research. The classifications are used by the advertising industry to identify potential markets. The groups are A, B, C1, C2, D, and E
- old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
- on the razor's edge — a sharp-edged instrument used especially for shaving the face or trimming the hair.
- on-the-job training — apprenticeship, learning by doing
- open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
- operational testing — (testing) A US DoD term for testing performed by the end-user on software in its normal operating environment.
- orange flower water — a distilled infusion of orange blossom, used in cakes, confectionery, etc
- order of the garter — the highest order of British knighthood, instituted by Edward III about 1348.
- orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- orthopaedic surgery — surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- oscillating circuit — a circuit producing electrical oscillations.
- otorhinolaryngology — otolaryngology.
- outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
- paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
- parthenogenetically — development of an egg without fertilization.
- particle technology — Particle technology is knowledge and study which relates to particles, and is used in industry.
- parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
- pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
- pattern recognition — the automated identification of shapes or forms or patterns of speech.
- paumotu archipelago — Tuamotu Archipelago.
- pedestrian crossing — place to cross road
- performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
- photodisintegration — the disintegration of a nucleus, induced by its absorption of a photon.
- photographic memory — total recall
- play to the gallery — a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- point the finger at — to accuse or blame
- political geography — the branch of human geography that deals with the relationship between political processes and spatial structures (regions, territories, etc)