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16-letter words containing a, s, t, i, g, m

  • size enlargement — Size enlargement is a process in which the particle size of a solid is increased.
  • slave-making ant — an ant of a species that raids the colonies of other ant species, carrying off larvae and pupae to be reared as slaves.
  • smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
  • smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
  • speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • spelling mistake — error in writing a word
  • spring mountains — a mountain range in S Nevada extending to the California border. Highest peak, Charleston Peak. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
  • steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
  • stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
  • stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
  • summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • systemic grammar — a grammar in which description is founded on the relationships among the various units at different ranks of a language, and in which language is viewed as a system of meaning-creating choices
  • the tamil tigers — a Sri Lankan Tamil separatist movement founded in the early 1970s that sought to establish an independent Tamil homeland (Tamil Eelam) in northern Sri Lanka; they waged a military campaign until defeated in 2009 by the Sri Lankan army
  • tiger salamander — a salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, common in North America, having a dark body marked with yellowish spots or bars.
  • transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
  • undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
  • visiting fireman — an influential person accorded special treatment while visiting an organization, industry, city, etc.
  • visual magnitude — Astronomy. magnitude (def 5a).
  • visual-magnitude — size; extent; dimensions: to determine the magnitude of an angle.
  • zagros mountains — a mountain range in S Iran: has Iran's main oilfields in its W central foothills. Highest peak: Zard Kuh, 4548 m (14 920 ft)
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