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16-letter words containing g, a, r, l, i

  • gravity railroad — a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.
  • great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
  • 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
  • grim file reaper — (storage, operating system)   (GFR) An ITS and LISP Machine utility to remove files according to some program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure, especially one designed to reclaim mass storage space or reduce name-space clutter (the original GFR actually moved files to tape). See also prowler, reaper. Compare GC, which discards only provably worthless stuff.
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
  • hebbian learning — (artificial intelligence)   The most common way to train a neural network; a kind of unsupervised learning; named after canadian neuropsychologist, Donald O. Hebb. The algorithm is based on Hebb's Postulate, which states that where one cell's firing repeatedly contributes to the firing of another cell, the magnitude of this contribution will tend to increase gradually with time. This means that what may start as little more than a coincidental relationship between the firing of two nearby neurons becomes strongly causal. Despite limitations with Hebbian learning, e.g., the inability to learn certain patterns, variations such as Signal Hebbian Learning and Differential Hebbian Learning are still used.
  • herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
  • hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
  • high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
  • holographic will — a will that is entirely in the handwriting of the testator: in some states recognized as valid without the attestation of witnesses.
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
  • hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
  • hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
  • hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
  • hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
  • imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
  • immoral earnings — money earned from work that transgresses accepted moral or legal rules
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • in general terms — generally, approximately
  • in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
  • indian wrestling — arm wrestling
  • inflationary gap — the excess of total spending in an economy over the value, at current prices, of the output it can produce
  • interlaced image — progressive coding
  • irrefragableness — The quality or degree of being irrefragable.
  • irregular galaxy — a galaxy with no specific form and a relatively low mass.
  • isoplastic graft — syngraft.
  • italian dressing — a strongly flavored vinaigrette for salads, containing garlic, oregano, red peppers, etc.
  • ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
  • javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
  • kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
  • kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913
  • kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
  • lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
  • lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
  • ladies'-earrings — lady's-earrings.
  • lagrangian point — one of five points in the orbital plane of two bodies orbiting about their common center of gravity at which another body of small mass can be in equilibrium.
  • landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
  • language barrier — difficulty in communication due to language difference
  • large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • larger than life — If you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual.
  • larger-than-life — exceedingly imposing, impressive, or memorable, especially in appearance or forcefulness: a larger-than-life leader.
  • lateral thinking — unconventional or creative problem-solving
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