16-letter words containing a, d, o, g, s, l
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- religious leader — head of a church or order
- revised algol 60 — ALGOL 60 Revised
- savings and loan — type of savings bank
- 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.
- 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.
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- sounding balloon — a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, especially a radiosonde balloon.
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild-goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.