18-letter words containing t, u, r, g, i, e
- funding operations — the conversion of government floating stock or short-term debt into holdings of long-term bonds
- gas-discharge tube — any tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas
- geiger-muller tube — a tube functioning as an ionization chamber within a Geiger counter.
- geodetic surveying — the surveying of the earth's surface, making allowance for its curvature and giving an accurate framework for smaller-scale surveys
- get one's irish up — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its inhabitants, or their language.
- glomerulonephritis — a kidney disease affecting the capillaries of the glomeruli, characterized by albuminuria, edema, and hypertension.
- gnu superoptimiser — (GSO) A function sequence generator that uses an exhaustive generate-and-test approach to find the shortest instruction sequence for a given function. Written by Torbjorn Granlund <[email protected]> and Tom Wood. You have to tell the superoptimiser which function and which CPU you want to get code for. This is useful for compiler writers. FTP superopt-2.2.tar.Z from a GNU archive site. Generates code for DEC Alpha, SPARC, Intel 80386, 88000, RS/6000, 68000, 29000 and Pyramid (SP, AP and XP).
- going to jerusalem — musical chairs.
- golden opportunity — perfect chance
- government housing — housing owned and managed by the federal or state government, which is rented out to tenants, esp as a form of affordable housing
- graduated cylinder — a narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids.
- granulation tissue — tissue formed in ulcers and in early wound healing and repair, composed largely of newly growing capillaries and so called from its irregular surface in open wounds; proud flesh.
- gulliver's travels — a social and political satire (1726) by Jonathan Swift, narrating the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to four imaginary regions: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms.
- heart-lung machine — a device through which blood is shunted temporarily for oxygenation during surgery, while the heart or a lung is being repaired.
- helicopter gunship — military attack helicopter
- heuristics testing — failure-directed testing
- houghton-le-spring — a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)
- industrial hygiene — the science that assesses, controls, and prevents occupational factors or sources of stress in the workplace that may significantly affect the health and well-being of employees or of the community in general
- inquisitor-general — the head of the Spanish court of Inquisition
- instrument landing — an aircraft landing accomplished by use of gauges on the instrument panel and ground-based radio equipment, with limited reference to outside visual signals.
- integrated circuit — a circuit of transistors, resistors, and capacitors constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in which the components are interconnected to perform a given function. Abbreviation: IC.
- integrated studies — a course that includes a number of subjects and is organized by theme
- intercartilaginous — (anatomy) Within cartilage.
- interior monologue — Literature. a form of stream-of-consciousness writing that represents the inner thoughts of a character.
- junior heavyweight — a boxer weighing up to 190 pounds (85.5 kg), between light heavyweight and heavyweight.
- junior lightweight — a boxer weighing up to 130 pounds (58.5 kg), between featherweight and lightweight.
- king's regulations — (in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is male) the code of conduct for members of the armed forces that deals with discipline, aspects of military law, etc
- kirkcudbrightshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
- lean manufacturing — efficiency in the production of goods
- lieutenant general — a commissioned officer ranking next below a general and next above a major general.
- long hundredweight — a hundredweight of 112 pounds (50.8 kg), the usual hundredweight in Great Britain, but now rare in the U.S.
- magistrate's court — a court having limited jurisdiction over minor civil and criminal matters, as matters of contract not exceeding a particular amount of money.
- magistrates' court — law: handles minor crimes
- magnesium arsenate — a white, water-insoluble powder, Mg 3 (AsO 4) 2 ⋅xH 2 O, used chiefly as an insecticide.
- magnesium stearate — Magnesium stearate is a salt that is often used as a diluent and lubricant in tablets and capsules.
- manufacturing base — the manufacturing industries of an area or a country considered as a unit and a constituent part of the economy
- marriage encounter — a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
- middleburg heights — a town in N Ohio.
- molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
- mortgage insurance — policy to compensate for property loan payments
- multi-user dungeon — Multi-User Dimension
- netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
- neuroleptanalgesia — a semiconscious nonreactive state induced by certain drug combinations, as fentanyl with droperidol.
- neutrosophic logic — (logic) (Or "Smarandache logic") A generalisation of fuzzy logic based on Neutrosophy. A proposition is t true, i indeterminate, and f false, where t, i, and f are real values from the ranges T, I, F, with no restriction on T, I, F, or the sum n=t+i+f. Neutrosophic logic thus generalises: - intuitionistic logic, which supports incomplete theories (for 0
- no laughing matter — sth serious
- nonpartisan league — a political organization of farmers, founded in North Dakota in 1915, and extending to many states west of the Mississippi, with the aim of influencing agricultural legislation in state legislatures.
- now you're talking — at last you're saying something agreeable
- on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
- order of magnitude — You can use order of magnitude when you are giving an approximate idea of the amount or importance of something.
- orthopedic surgery — corrective operation on bones or joints