16-letter words containing a, n, l, p
- funeral expenses — Funeral expenses are the costs of organizing and carrying out a funeral.
- galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
- gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
- general expenses — miscellaneous expenses
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- general practice — family practice.
- george m pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- gingerbread palm — doom palm.
- gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
- glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
- golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
- granulated paper — paper with a roughened surface
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- 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.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- hamiltonian path — Hamiltonian problem
- hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- heart transplant — surgery to replace a patient's heart
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
- hold one's peace — the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- horizontal plane — flat surface parallel to the horizon
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperreal number — any of the set of numbers formed by the addition of infinite numbers and infinitesimal numbers to the set of real numbers
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypoaeolian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E, with the final on A.
- hypoalimentation — insufficient or inadequate nourishment.
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
- implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).
- in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- in plain english — in clear and simple language
- in quadruplicate — in four identical copies
- in quintuplicate — in five identical copies
- in-law apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
- inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
- indianapolis 500 — a 500-mile oval-track race for rear-engine cars having particular specifications, held annually in Indianapolis, Ind.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.