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16-letter words containing g, a, t, e, c

  • surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
  • surface-printing — planography.
  • syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
  • systemic grammar — a grammar in which description is founded on the relationships among the various units at different ranks of a language, and in which language is viewed as a system of meaning-creating choices
  • teacher training — practical teaching course
  • teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
  • teaching machine — a mechanical, electrical, or other automatic device that presents the user with items of information in planned sequence, registers his or her response to each item, and immediately indicates the acceptability of each response.
  • tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
  • thatched cottage — a cottage that has a roof that is thatched with straw, reed etc
  • the gentle craft — fishing
  • the great escape — a film (1963) directed by John Sturges, written by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett, based on a book by Paul Brickhill, and starring Steve McQueen. It follows an attempt made by Allied prisoners of war to escape a German prisoner of war camp during World War II
  • the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
  • the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
  • theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
  • thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
  • to act one's age — If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
  • to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
  • to come a gutzer — to make an error or blunder
  • training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
  • training officer — a person whose job is to teach people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
  • transfer pricing — the setting of a price for the transfer of raw materials, components, products, or services between the trading units of a large organization
  • travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
  • tray agriculture — hydroponics.
  • tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
  • unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • vectorcardiogram — the graphic record produced by vectorcardiography.
  • vegetable cellar — a usually underground storage room where fresh vegetables can be stored at normally cool temperatures for later use.
  • vegetable slicer — a device with a sharp blade for slicing vegetables finely;
  • velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • vertical farming — a proposed system of growing crops in urban areas using specially designed skyscrapers
  • vertical tasting — a tasting of different vintages of one particular wine.
  • viceregal assent — the formal signing of an act of parliament by a governor general, by which it becomes law
  • vincent's angina — a disease characterized by ulceration of the mucosa of the tonsils, pharynx, and mouth, by the presence of abundant bacilli and spirochetes, and by the development of a membrane.
  • visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
  • walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
  • win the exchange — to win a rook in return for a bishop or knight
  • with a vengeance — an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble: to take one's vengeance.
  • yachting regatta — a sailing competition
  • ziegler catalyst — any of a group of catalysts, such as titanium trichloride (TiCl3) and aluminium alkyl (Al(CH3)3), that produce stereospecific polymers
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