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16-letter words containing d, e, n, a, t

  • gaudí (i cornet) — An‧to‧nio (ɑnˈtɔnjɔ ) ; änt^ōˈny^ō) 1852-1926; Sp. architect
  • gelatin dynamite — a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerin with cellulose nitrate added.
  • gender-normative — cisgender.
  • gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
  • gingerbread tree — a W African tree, Parinari macrophyllum, with large mealy edible fruits (gingerbread plums): family Chrysobalanaceae
  • glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • 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.
  • golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • graduate student — postgraduate-level student
  • grant-maintained — funded by national government
  • granted (that) … — even assuming that
  • granulated paper — paper with a roughened surface
  • granulated sugar — a coarsely ground white sugar, widely used as a sweetener.
  • gravity decanter — A gravity decanter is a vessel or stage in which two liquids of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
  • great-grandniece — a granddaughter of one's nephew or niece.
  • great-granduncle — an uncle of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • greater sand eel — a large species of sand eel, Hyperoplus lanceolatus
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • grignard reagent — any of the group of reagents produced by the interaction of magnesium and an organic halide, usually in the presence of an ether, and having the general formula RMgX, where R is an organic group and X is a halogen: used in the Grignard reaction.
  • grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
  • ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
  • grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
  • guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
  • hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
  • hair conditioner — a substance used, often after shampooing, to detangle and improve the condition of the hair. Like shampoo, it is applied to wet hair and then rinsed out after applying.
  • hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
  • hamming distance — (data)   The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
  • hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
  • have in the wind — to be in the act of following (quarry) by scent
  • have the decency — If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done.
  • have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
  • have the wood on — to have an advantage over
  • hay-scented fern — a fern, Dennstaedtia punctilobula, of eastern North America, having brittle, yellow-green fronds.
  • head arrangement — a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.
  • headed notepaper — notepaper headed with the name and address of a person or organization
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
  • hernando de soto — Hernando [her-nan-doh;; Spanish er-nahn-daw] /hərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), or Fernando [fer-nan-doh;; Spanish fer-nahn-daw] /fərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.
  • heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
  • heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
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