16-letter words containing a, g, e, n, t
- granulated sugar — a coarsely ground white sugar, widely used as a sweetener.
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- grasp the nettle — If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
- gravity decanter — A gravity decanter is a vessel or stage in which two liquids of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
- great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
- 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.
- great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
- great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
- great-grandniece — a granddaughter of one's nephew or niece.
- great-granduncle — an uncle of one's grandfather or grandmother.
- greater antilles — See under Antilles.
- greater sand eel — a large species of sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus
- green vegetables — green edible plants
- grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
- grignard reagent — any of the group of reagents produced by the interaction of magnesium and an organic halide, usually in the presence of an ether, and having the general formula RMgX, where R is an organic group and X is a halogen: used in the Grignard reaction.
- grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
- 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.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- gunnery sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant and below a first or master sergeant.
- gutierrez najera — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), ("El Duque Job") 1859–95, Mexican poet, short-story writer, and editor.
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
- hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
- have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
- head arrangement — a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- heating engineer — a person whose job is to install and maintain equipment used for heating buildings
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- high-maintenance — needing frequent maintenance or repair: My bike is high-maintenance; this is its third front wheel this month.
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.
- illegitimateness — Quality of being illegitimate.
- image consultant — imagemaker.