16-letter words containing a, m, l, g, t
- general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
- genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
- gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
- gentleman-farmer — a man whose wealth or income from other sources permits him to farm for pleasure rather than for basic income.
- geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
- geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
- global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
- go out on a limb — say sth daring
- gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
- goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- gravity platform — (in the oil industry) a drilling platform that rests directly on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight; it is usually made of reinforced concrete
- gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
- illegitimateness — Quality of being illegitimate.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
- immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
- in general terms — generally, approximately
- interlaced image — progressive coding
- james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
- latent ambiguity — uncertainty that arises when a seemingly clear written instrument is matched against an extrinsic fact, as when a description of something being sold fits two different items.
- legal department — the department that deals with legal matters
- liturgical drama — medieval drama, based on incidents in the Bible and performed in churches on holy days, usually in Latin and often chanted.
- local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
- long-tail claims — Long-tail claims are claims that are made or settled a long time after the insurance policy has expired.
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macroclimatology — the study of the climatic conditions of a large area.
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macrometeorology — the study of large-scale atmospheric phenomena, as the general circulation of the air or global weather conditions.
- magical thinking — a conviction that thinking is equivalent to doing, occurring in dreams, the thought patterns of children, and some types of mental disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
- management style — the way in which and the methods someone uses in managing a company, business, etc
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- margaret drabble — Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
- marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum