16-letter words containing a, d, o, g, s, e
- gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
- golden handshake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
- good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- heralds' college — a royal corporation in England, instituted in 1483, concerned chiefly with armorial bearings, genealogies, honors, and precedence.
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
- malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
- manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- orange men's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
- passage to india — a novel (1924) by E. M. Forster.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
- posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
- prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
- religious leader — head of a church or order
- revised algol 60 — ALGOL 60 Revised
- rigid designator — an expression that identifies the same individual in every possible world: for example, "Shakespeare" is a rigid designator since it is possible that Shakespeare might not have been a playwright but not that he might not have been Shakespeare
- sangre de cristo — a mountain range in S Colorado and N New Mexico: a part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Blanca Peak, 14,390 feet (4385 meters).
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
- self-degradation — the act of degrading.
- self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
- self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.