16-letter words containing a, r, g, h
- horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
- horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
- hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
- hygrothermograph — an instrument for recording temperature and relative humidity.
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- in the aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- indecency charge — an accusation of committing indecency
- into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
- james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
- 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.
- kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
- kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
- kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- l-glyceraldehyde — the levorotatory optical isomer of glyceraldehyde.
- larger than life — If you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual.
- larger-than-life — exceedingly imposing, impressive, or memorable, especially in appearance or forcefulness: a larger-than-life leader.
- lateral thinking — unconventional or creative problem-solving
- left-hand dagger — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- lettre de change — bill of exchange.
- life-threatening — endangering life: a life-threatening illness.
- lighter than air — (of an aircraft) weighing less than the air it displaces, hence obtaining lift from aerostatic buoyancy.
- lighter-than-air — (of an aircraft) weighing less than the air it displaces, hence obtaining lift from aerostatic buoyancy.
- lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lithographically — In the manner of lithography.
- lymphangiography — x-ray visualization of lymph vessels and nodes following injection of a contrast medium.
- machine learning — The ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results.
- macrophotography — Photography that is done up close; close-up photography.
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- mammographically — Using a mammograph, by means of mammograph.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- management chart — a chart created by a manager that indicates the time schedule of projects, etc
- manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
- maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
- marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
- 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
- megaphanerophyte — any tree with a height over 30 metres