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17-letter words containing t, r, o, e

  • genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
  • geomagnetic storm — magnetic storm.
  • george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
  • george whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
  • geothermal energy — Geothermal energy is energy from temperature differences inside the earth's crust.
  • gestatorial chair — a ceremonial chair on which the pope is carried
  • get (right) on it — to begin doing a task (immediately)
  • get a rise out of — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • get in one's hair — to annoy one
  • get off the grass — an exclamation of disbelief
  • get the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
  • get to first base — Baseball. the first in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate. the position of the player covering the area of the infield near first base.
  • gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
  • give free rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
  • give to the world — to publish
  • 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.
  • 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 on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
  • go the extra mile — make an exceptional effort
  • go to the country — If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election.
  • go-faster stripes — (jargon)   chrome. Mainstream in some parts of UK.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • gustavo a. madero — official name of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
  • haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
  • haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
  • haemorrhoidectomy — surgical removal of haemorrhoids
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