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17-letter words containing a, s, g, e

  • enlarged prostate — disorder of male reproductive gland
  • epistemologically — In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
  • escaping tendency — a property of a gas, related to its partial pressure, that expresses its tendency to escape or expand, given by d(log ef) = dμ/ RT, where μ is the chemical potential, R the gas constant, and T the thermodynamic temperature
  • establishing shot — Cinema
  • exemplary damages — law: fine imposed as a deterrent
  • facsimile catalog — a catalog that includes small reproductions of the items listed, as paintings, slides, designs, or the like.
  • facts and figures — details; precise information
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
  • flog a dead horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
  • footmen's gallery — the rearmost section of seats in the balcony of an English theater, especially in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
  • foreign relations — (used with a singular verb) the field of foreign affairs: an expert in foreign relations.
  • foreign secretary — foreign minister.
  • four-star general — high-ranking military officer
  • freight insurance — insurance paid on goods in transport
  • frostbite sailing — the sport of sailing in temperate latitudes during the winter despite cold weather.
  • fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
  • 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
  • garboard (strake) — the strake adjoining the keel
  • garden apartments — a complex of low apartment buildings surrounded by lawn or landscaped areas
  • garden strawberry — a plant which has white flowers and red edible fruits and is spread by runners, Fragaria ananassa
  • garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
  • gaseous diffusion — the passage of gas through microporous barriers, a technique used for isotope separation, especially in the preparation of fuel for nuclear reactors.
  • gastroenterostomy — the making of a new passage between the stomach and the duodenum (gastroduodenostomy) or, especially, the jejunum (gastrojejunostomy)
  • gastrojejunostomy — See under gastroenterostomy.
  • gaucher's disease — a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism that causes spleen and liver enlargement, abnormal fragility and pain of the bones, and progressive neurologic disturbances, leading to early death.
  • gause's principle — the principle that similar species cannot coexist for long in the same ecological niche
  • general admission — an admission charge for unreserved seats at a theatrical performance, sports event, etc.
  • general discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
  • general insurance — insurance (such as house insurance and car insurance) that does not insure someone's life
  • general paralysis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
  • general sarmiento — a city in E Argentina, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
  • general secretary — the chief administrator of an organization
  • general semantics — a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
  • gentleman-at-arms — (in England) one of a guard of 40 gentlemen who attend the sovereign on state occasions.
  • geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
  • 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.
  • germanicus caesar — 15 b.c.–a.d. 19, Roman general.
  • gestatorial chair — a ceremonial chair on which the pope is carried
  • 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 above oneself — If you say that someone is getting above themself, you disapprove of them because they think they are better than everyone else.
  • get in one's hair — to annoy one
  • get off the grass — an exclamation of disbelief
  • get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
  • 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.
  • gethsemane cheese — a semisoft, mild, yellow cheese from whole milk, made by Trappist monks.
  • giscard d'estaing — Valéry [va-ley-ree] /va leɪˈri/ (Show IPA), born 1926, French political leader: president 1974–81.
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