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16-letter words containing e, d, g, a, r, i

  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • garment district — an area in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, including portions of Seventh Avenue and Broadway between 34th and 40th Streets and the streets intersecting them, that contains many factories, showrooms, etc., related to the design, manufacture, and wholesale distribution of clothing.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • gaudeamus igitur — let us therefore rejoice
  • gaudí (i cornet) — An‧to‧nio (ɑnˈtɔnjɔ ) ; änt^ōˈny^ō) 1852-1926; Sp. architect
  • gazetted officer — (in India) a senior official whose appointment is published in the government gazette
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • gender-normative — cisgender.
  • general delivery — a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
  • general medicine — non-surgical branch of medicine
  • gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
  • gibberellic acid — a gibberellin C 18 H 21 O 4 COOH, produced as a metabolite by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, used as a stimulator of plant growth.
  • gingerbread palm — doom palm.
  • gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
  • gingerbread tree — a W African tree, Parinari macrophyllum, with large mealy edible fruits (gingerbread plums): family Chrysobalanaceae
  • give a hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • grant-maintained — funded by national government
  • graphic designer — person: commercial artist
  • graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
  • 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-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
  • great-grandniece — a granddaughter of one's nephew or niece.
  • greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
  • 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
  • handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
  • hanging wardrobe — a wardrobe containing a rail with a large amount of space underneath, so that clothes can be hung on hangers placed onto the rail
  • hawaiian gardens — a town in SW California.
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • 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
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
  • hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • indecency charge — an accusation of committing indecency
  • indian wrestling — arm wrestling
  • interlaced image — progressive coding
  • italian dressing — a strongly flavored vinaigrette for salads, containing garlic, oregano, red peppers, etc.
  • karadeniz bogazi — Bosporus
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
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