16-letter words containing a, g, e, n, d, u
- great-granduncle — an uncle of one's grandfather or grandmother.
- grenade launcher — a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle, permitting the firing of rifle grenades.
- greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- huffman encoding — Huffman coding
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
- machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- managed currency — a currency whose value is established and maintained by deliberate governmental action working through national and international financial institutions, in contrast to the quasi-automatic gold standard.
- 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
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
- measuring device — gauge
- misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- modern languages — languages currently spoken
- modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- munchen-gladbach — former name of Mönchengladbach.
- 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.
- nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
- operating budget — money allocated to a project
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- 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.
- praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
- preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
- puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
- punitive damages — law: penalty payment
- queen maud range — a mountain range in Antarctica, in Ross Dependency, S of the Ross Sea.
- rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
- refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
- required reading — If you say that something is required reading for a particular group of people, you mean that you think it is essential for them to read it because it will give them information which they should have.
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- russian dressing — a sharp mayonnaise dressing containing chopped pickles, chili sauce or ketchup, pimientos, etc.
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- 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.