16-letter words containing a, g, t, o
- batch processing — manufacturing products or treating materials in batches, by passing the output of one process to subsequent processes
- bathythermograph — a device for measuring the temperature of the ocean at any specific depth down to c. 1,800 m (c. 5,900 ft)
- be as good as to — would you please
- be the making of — to cause the success of
- bethmann hollweg — Theobald von (ˈteːobalt fɔn). 1856–1921, chancellor of Germany (1909–17)
- bethmann-hollweg — Theobald von [tey-oh-bahlt fuh n] /ˈteɪ oʊˌbɑlt fən/ (Show IPA), 1856–1921, German statesman: chancellor 1909–17.
- billy goat beard — a man's beard that is long under the chin and shaved elsewhere
- biodegradability — capable of decaying through the action of living organisms: biodegradable paper; biodegradable detergent.
- biomagnification — biological magnification.
- biotechnological — Biotechnological means relating to biotechnology.
- bitterroot range — range of the Rocky Mountains, along the Ida.-Mont. border: highest peak, c. 11,000 ft (3,353 m)
- botanical garden — a place where collections of plants and trees are kept for scientific study and exhibition
- bring to bear on — to cause to have an effect on
- british longhair — a breed of large cat with a semi-long thick soft coat
- cabbage palmetto — a tropical American fan palm, Sabal palmetto, with edible leaf buds and leaves used in thatching
- cabbage root fly — a dipterous fly, Erioischia brassicae, whose larvae feed on the roots and stems of cabbages and other brassicas: family Muscidae (houseflies, etc)
- capacity booking — a time when someone has booked the whole of a venue or the maximum amount of something available
- cape cod cottage — a rectangular house one or one-and-one-half stories high, with a gable roof
- cape cod lighter — a device for lighting a fire, as in a fireplace, consisting of a lump of nonflammable material on a metal rod, that is soaked in kerosene or the like and lighted with a match.
- capitation grant — a grant of money given to every person who qualifies under certain conditions
- capsizing moment — the moment of an upsetting couple.
- carbon 14 dating — radiocarbon dating.
- carbon-14 dating — radiocarbon dating.
- carpenter gothic — (sometimes initial capital letters) a style of Victorian Gothic architecture adapted to the resources of contemporary woodworking tools and machinery.
- cartographically — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
- casting director — the person in charge of choosing of actors for a production
- cataractogenesis — The formation of a cataract.
- category listing — A category listing is a list of different product categories such as menswear, womenswear, and childrenswear.
- category mistake — a sentence that says of something in one category what can only intelligibly be said of something in another, as when speaking of the mind located in space
- category planner — A category planner is a person whose job to plan and co-ordinate future inventory and sales volume in one or more product categories.
- catering college — a further education college where you learn to cook as a profession
- chanson de geste — one of a genre of Old French epic poems celebrating heroic deeds, the most famous of which is the Chanson de Roland
- charge to a room — If you charge an item or expense to a room at a hotel, you add it to a guest's final bill so they can pay for it when they check out of the room.
- chase the dragon — to smoke opium or heroin
- chattel mortgage — a mortgage on movable personal property
- checking account — A checking account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
- chequing account — (in Canada) account against which cheques can be drawn
- choanoflagellate — any flagellate of the genera Monosiga and Proterospongia, having a protoplasmic collar encircling the base of the flagellum.
- cholecystography — radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
- chromatographies — Plural form of chromatography.
- chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
- chromolithograph — a picture produced by chromolithography
- cigarette holder — A cigarette holder is a narrow tube that you can put a cigarette into in order to hold it while you smoke it.
- circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
- citronella grass — a tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon (or Andropogon) nardus, with bluish-green lemon-scented leaves
- cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
- clean technology — techniques used in manufacturing processes that minimize the damage caused to the environment
- cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
- climatologically — In climatological terms.