17-letter words containing t, o, g

telephone message — a message that is transmitted by telephone
television lounge — a room in a hotel, guest house, etc where guests may watch television
television rights — the rights to televise something, such as a sporting event
terrestrial globe — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
terrorist bombing — the bombing of a place carried out in order to achieve some goal
testimony meeting — a meeting at which persons give testimonies of religious faith and related religious experiences.
the age of reason — the 18th century in W Europe
the bag of tricks — every device; everything
the bulldog breed — people who fought in either of the World Wars
the glacial epoch — the Pleistocene Epoch
the good old days — When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now.
the lower regions — hell
the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
the morning after — the aftereffects of excess, esp a hangover
the neolithic age — the last part of the Stone Age, where metal tools became widespread
the old gentleman — a jocular name for Satan
the right side of — in favour with
the upper regions — the sky; heavens
the whole boiling — the whole lot
the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
the witching hour — the hour at which witches are supposed to appear, usually midnight
theodore sturgeon — Theodore (Hamilton) 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
thomson's gazelle — a medium-sized antelope, Gazella thomsoni, abundant on the grassy steppes and dry bush of the East African plains.
thought-provoking — If something such as a book or a film is thought-provoking, it contains interesting ideas that make people think seriously.
through the floor — If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
thuringian forest — a forested mountain region in central Germany: a resort area.
tiger swallowtail — a yellow swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, of eastern North America, having the forewings striped with black.
to a large extent — greatly
to argue the toss — If you say that someone argues the toss, you are criticizing them for continuing to argue for longer than is necessary about something that is not very important.
to best advantage — If something is shown to good advantage or to best advantage, it is shown in a way that reveals its best features.
to drag your feet — If you drag your feet or drag your heels, you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
to get to know sb — If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them.
to go to extremes — to overdo things; act excessively
to lose your grip — If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
to make good time — If you say that you made good time on a journey, you mean it did not take you very long compared to the length of time you expected it to take.
to say nothing of — You use to say nothing of when you mention an additional thing which gives even more strength to the point you are making.
to steal a glance — If you steal a glance at someone or something, you look at them quickly so that nobody sees you looking.
to the lighthouse — a novel (1927) by Virginia Woolf.
to the nth degree — If something is done to the nth degree, it is done to an extreme degree.
tongue-and-groove — the technique of making a joint between two boards by means of a tongue along the edge of one board that fits into a groove along the edge of the other board
top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
topological group — a set that is a group and a topological space and for which the group operation and the map of an element to its inverse are continuous functions.
topological space — a set with a collection of subsets or open sets satisfying the properties that the union of open sets is an open set, the intersection of two open sets is an open set, and the given set and the empty set are open sets.
tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
traditional logic — formal logic based on syllogistic formulas, especially as developed by Aristotle.
transignification — (in the Eucharist) a change in the significance of the bread and wine to symbolize the body and blood of Christ.
transition region — a thin and very irregular layer of the sun's atmosphere that separates the hot corona from the much cooler chromosphere.
travelling people — Gypsies or other itinerant people: a term used esp by such people of themselves

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