16-letter words containing g, a, l, t, i, n
- foreign national — citizen of another country
- formation flying — a formal arrangement of flying aircraft acting as a unit
- freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
- galvanic battery — battery (def 1a).
- gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
- gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
- gelatin dynamite — a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerin with cellulose nitrate added.
- general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
- general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
- general electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- general practice — family practice.
- general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
- generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
- generalizability — The quality of being generalizable.
- genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
- gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
- giant granadilla — the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
- glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
- global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- go out on a limb — say sth daring
- 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.
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
- greater antilles — See under Antilles.
- grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.
- illegitimateness — Quality of being illegitimate.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
- immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
- in general terms — generally, approximately
- in the long haul — in a future time
- indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indian wrestling — arm wrestling