16-letter words containing a, n, g, s, t, r
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
- gunnery sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant and below a first or master sergeant.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- 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
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- in general terms — generally, approximately
- indian wrestling — arm wrestling
- indiscriminating — not discriminating.
- integer specrate — SPECrate_int92
- interest-bearing — paying interest
- interest-earning — paying interest
- interstratifying — Present participle of interstratify.
- inverse graffiti — a form of street art in which a dirty wall or pavement has a template placed against it and is scrubbed until the surface is clean. This reveals an image or message which gradually fades with time.
- investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
- italian dressing — a strongly flavored vinaigrette for salads, containing garlic, oregano, red peppers, etc.
- johnston's organ — a sense organ in the second segment of the antenna of an insect, sensitive to movements of the antenna's flagellum, as when the insect is in flight.
- keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
- legal separation — judicial separation.
- leptosporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a single cell, rather than from a group, and normally with specialized explosive spore dispersal
- lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- living standards — standard of living; material quality of life
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetic pyrites — Mineralogy. pyrrhotite.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- magnetoreceptors — Plural form of magnetoreceptor.
- magnetoresistive — Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance.
- magnetostriction — a change in dimensions exhibited by ferromagnetic materials when subjected to a magnetic field.
- magnetostrictive — Of or pertaining to magnetostriction.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- manufactured gas — a gaseous fuel created from coal, oil, etc., as differentiated from natural gas.
- margin of safety — therapeutic index.
- 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
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
- megacorporations — Plural form of megacorporation.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- misappropriating — Present participle of misappropriate.