17-letter words containing ga
- abariringa island — a coral atoll in the S Pacific Ocean, part of Kiribati: largest of the Phoenix Islands. 3.5 sq. mi. (9 sq. km).
- against sb's will — If something is done against your will, it is done even though you do not want it to be done.
- against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
- against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- agathokakological — (nonce word) composed of both good and evil.
- ahead of the game — in the position of winning, esp. in gambling
- alligator snapper — a large, freshwater snapping turtle (Macroclemys temmincki) of the SE U.S. and the Mississippi Valley, found chiefly in rivers and bayous: it may weigh up to 100 kg (220 lb)
- at their own game — If you beat someone at their own game, you use the same methods that they have used, but more successfully, so that you gain an advantage over them.
- avogadro constant — the number of atoms or molecules in a mole of a substance
- avogadro's number — the constant, 6.022 × 10 23 , representing the number of atoms, molecules, or ions in one mole of a substance. Symbol: N. Compare gram-atom, gram molecule.
- baggage checkroom — a left luggage office; a place at, for example, a railway station where baggage can be left
- baggage screening — the procedure whereby baggage is electronically screened at an airport before it is allowed on the plane
- bangalore torpedo — an explosive device in a long metal tube, used to blow gaps in barbed-wire barriers
- betagalactosidase — any of a family of enzymes capable of liberating galactose from carbohydrates.
- brigadier general — In the United States, a brigadier general is a senior officer in the armed forces who is often in charge of a brigade and has a rank above colonel and below major general.
- capital gains tax — a tax on the profit made from the sale of an asset
- carbonic-acid gas — carbon dioxide
- centrifugal brake — a safety mechanism on a hoist, crane, etc, that consists of revolving brake shoes that are driven outwards by centrifugal force into contact with a fixed brake drum when the rope drum revolves at excessive speed
- centrifugal force — In physics, centrifugal force is the force that makes objects move outwards when they are spinning around something or travelling in a curve.
- charles de gaulle — Charles André Joseph Marie [chahrlz ahn-drey joh-zuh f muh-ree;; French sharl ahn-drey zhoh-zef ma-ree] /tʃɑrlz ˈɑn dreɪ ˈdʒoʊ zəf məˈri;; French ʃarl ɑ̃ˈdreɪ ʒoʊˈzɛf maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1890–1970, French general and statesman: president 1959–69.
- chugach mountains — a coastal mountain range in S Alaska, extending W from the St. Elias Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Marcus Baker, 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- cigarette lighter — A cigarette lighter is a device which produces a small flame when you press a switch and which you use to light a cigarette or cigar.
- cigarette machine — a vending machine from which cigarettes can be purchased
- communication gap — a lack of communication
- complex conjugate — the complex number whose imaginary part is the negative of that of a given complex number, the real parts of both numbers being equal
- complex-conjugate — one of a group of conjugate words.
- congregationalism — a system of Christian doctrines and ecclesiastical government in which each congregation is self-governing and maintains bonds of faith with other similar local congregations
- congregationalist — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
- constance garnett — Constance Black, 1862–1946, English translator from Russian.
- counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
- cracked gas dryer — A cracked gas dryer is a piece of equipment for removing water vapor from natural gas, for example, using adsorbers and membranes.
- creeping elegance — Describes a tendency for parts of a design to become elegant past the point of diminishing return, something which often happens at the expense of the less interesting parts of the design, the schedule, and other things deemed important in the Real World. See also creeping featurism, second-system effect, tense.
- cruciate ligament — A cruciate ligament is either of a pair of ligaments that cross at the knee.
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- edgar watson howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
- emotional baggage — burden of personal experience
- farthingale chair — an English chair of c1600 having no arms, a straight and low back, and a high seat.
- football hooligan — a noisy violent football supporter
- footmen's gallery — the rearmost section of seats in the balcony of an English theater, especially in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- galactic latitude — the angular distance from the galactic equator of a point on the celestial sphere.
- galapagos islands — a group of 15 islands in the Pacific west of Ecuador, of which they form a province: discovered (1535) by the Spanish; main settlement on San Cristóbal. Pop: 18 640 (2001). Area: 7844 sq km (3028 sq miles)
- gamblers' fallacy — the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession
- game as ned kelly — extremely brave; indomitable
- gamma-ray burster — a source of gamma-ray bursts
- garage proprietor — a person who owns a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold
- garbage collector — refuse collector, dustman
- garboard (strake) — the strake adjoining the keel
- garden apartments — a complex of low apartment buildings surrounded by lawn or landscaped areas
- garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
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