20-letter words containing t, o, g, i, v
- reservations manager — A reservations manager at a hotel is responsible for the reservations at the hotel.
- satellite navigation — navigation using data received from satellites
- serve a person right — to pay a person back, esp for wrongful or foolish treatment or behaviour
- shank of the evening — the latter part of the afternoon
- shifting cultivation — a land-use system, esp in tropical Africa, in which a tract of land is cultivated until its fertility diminishes, when it is abandoned until this is restored naturally
- squatter sovereignty — (used contemptuously by its opponents) popular sovereignty (def 2).
- television programme — a programme broadcast on television
- theory of everything — a theory intended to show that the electroweak, strong, and gravitational forces are components of a single quantized force.
- to give sb their due — You can say 'to give him his due', or 'giving him his due' when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them.
- to give someone hell — If you say that someone gives you hell, you are emphasizing that they shout at you very angrily because of something you have done wrong.
- to give up the ghost — If someone gives up the ghost, they stop trying to do something because they no longer believe they can do it successfully. If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working.
- to reserve the right — If you say that you reserve the right to do something, you mean that you will do it if you feel that it is necessary.
- to sb's disadvantage — If something is to your disadvantage or works to your disadvantage, it creates difficulties for you.
- trailing vortex drag — drag arising from vortices that occur behind a body moving through a gas or liquid
- vertical integration — the joining together of all companies or firms involved in manufacturing a product into one company or firm
- wide-angle converter — a person or thing that converts.