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16-letter words containing a, g, t, e, l

  • national gallery — a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
  • natural language — a language used as a native tongue by a group of speakers.
  • natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
  • natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
  • neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
  • non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
  • nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
  • nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
  • oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
  • oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
  • on its last legs — about to fail
  • operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
  • operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
  • organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
  • osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
  • osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
  • out like a light — If someone goes out like a light, they fall asleep or become unconscious very quickly or immediately.
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
  • parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
  • partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
  • petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
  • phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
  • pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
  • platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
  • pledged delegate — (in the US) a delegate at a national party convention who is mandated to vote for a particular candidate
  • portrait gallery — a gallery where pictures are displayed
  • potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
  • potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
  • private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
  • privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
  • 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
  • project planning — project management
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
  • quasi-legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
  • rattle so's cage — If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
  • 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.
  • reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
  • reentering angle — an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
  • refracting angle — an angle formed by a ray which is refracted and which is perpendicular to the refracting surface
  • regional ileitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.
  • regional network — mid-level network
  • relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
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