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16-letter words containing d, r, a, g, p

  • 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.
  • granulated paper — paper with a roughened surface
  • graphic designer — person: commercial artist
  • graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
  • graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics)   (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
  • 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.
  • gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • harvard graphics — (graphics, tool)   A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
  • hearing-impaired — having reduced or deficient hearing ability; hard-of-hearing: special programs for hearing-impaired persons.
  • herod agrippa ii — died ?93 ad, king of territories in N Palestine (50–?93 ad). He presided (60) at the trial of Saint Paul and sided with the Roman authorities in the Jewish rebellion of 66
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • led page printer — LED printer
  • legal department — the department that deals with legal matters
  • maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
  • operating budget — money allocated to a project
  • orographic cloud — any cloud whose existence and form are largely controlled by the disturbed flow of air over and around mountains, as the banner cloud and crest cloud.
  • paradigmatically — of or relating to a paradigm.
  • partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
  • patched-together — makeshift; roughly made from disparate elements
  • peegee hydrangea — a widely cultivated hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, having pyramidal clusters of persistent flowers that are white on opening and turn pinkish as they mature.
  • permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
  • phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
  • polyhedral angle — a configuration consisting of the lateral faces of a polyhedron around one of its vertices. The portion of a pyramid including one of its points is such a configuration.
  • portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
  • prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
  • privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
  • program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
  • programme editor — someone responsible for editing, overseeing and selecting the content of radio or television programmes
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • radio-phonograph — a radio and phonograph combined in one unit and sharing some components, as the amplifier and speaker(s)
  • radiographically — the production of radiographs.
  • refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
  • sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
  • self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
  • self-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • spreading center — a linear zone in the sea floor along which magma rises and from which adjacent crustal plates are moving apart.
  • spreading factor — a substance, as hyaluronidase, that promotes the diffusion of a material through body tissues
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
  • stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
  • suprarenal gland — adrenal gland.
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