16-letter words containing d, o, t, l
- gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
- get the lead out — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
- gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
- gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
- gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
- 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.
- golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
- goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- gravity railroad — a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.
- great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
- greater-doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
- grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
- grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- half-blind joint — a corner dovetail joint visible on one face only.
- health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
- health food shop — a shop which sells health foods
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- holder condition — Lipschitz condition.
- home health aide — a worker, usually trained and state-certified, who provides care for elderly, sick, or disabled people in their own home.
- hopfield network — (artificial intelligence) (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
- hot cold-working — metalworking at considerable heat but below the temperature at which the metal recrystallizes: a form of cold-working.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- humboldt current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
- hydroelectricity — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
- hydrometeorology — the study of atmospheric water, especially precipitation, as it affects agriculture, water supply, flood control, power generation, etc.
- hypsilophodontid — An informal grouping of small ornithopod dinosaurs, regarded as fast, herbivorous bipeds on the order of 1\u20132 meters long (3.3-6.6 feet).
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immunomodulation — Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response.
- immunomodulatory — (medical) Having the ability to alter or regulate immune functions.
- in the middle of — at the centre of
- indian meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Plodia interpunctella, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals.
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- industrial union — a labor union composed of workers in various trades and crafts within one industry.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kit and caboodle — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
- knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
- lady of the lake — a narrative poem (1810) by Sir Walter Scott.