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16-letter words containing a, g, e, l, s, n

  • montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
  • 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
  • oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
  • on its last legs — about to fail
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • parallel sailing — sailing along a parallel of latitude.
  • pelagian islands — a group of Italian islands (Lampedusa, Linosa, and Lampione) in the Mediterranean, between Tunisia and Malta. Pop: 6066 (2004 est). Area: about 27 sq km (11 sq miles)
  • pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
  • pelican crossing — place to cross road
  • personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
  • personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
  • pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
  • platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
  • pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
  • pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
  • processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
  • quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • ranelagh gardens — a public garden in Chelsea opened in 1742: a centre for members of fashionable society to meet and promenade. The gardens were closed in 1804
  • rattlesnake flag — any of a number of U.S. flags that bear a picture of a rattlesnake and the motto “Don't Tread on Me,” especially those used during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
  • regional ileitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.
  • regular gasoline — unleaded gasoline or petrol, as for fuelling a vehicle, etc
  • releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
  • scarlet eggplant — a hairy, prickly plant, Solanum integrifolium, of the nightshade family, native to Africa, grown for its furrowed, nearly round, scarlet or yellow ornamental fruit.
  • scavenger beetle — any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
  • schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
  • seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
  • sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
  • self-degradation — the act of degrading.
  • self-denigrating — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
  • self-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
  • self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
  • self-integrating — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
  • self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
  • self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
  • self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
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