16-letter words containing g, e, m, s

emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
englishman's tie — a type of knot for tying together heavy ropes
evening primrose — flowering plant
fashion magazine — periodical about trendy clothing
fisherman's ring — the signet ring worn by the pope.
for good measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
foreign minister — (in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called, especially British, foreign secretary. Compare secretary of state (def 1).
four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
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.
gaudeamus igitur — let us therefore rejoice
gemini telescope — either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón
general assembly — the legislature in some states of the U.S.
gentlemen's club — a private social club whose members were traditionally aristocratic males
geometric isomer — each of two or more chemical compounds having the same molecular formula but a different geometric arrangement; an unsaturated compound or ring compound in which rotation around a carbon bond is restricted, as in cis- and trans- configurations.
geometric series — an infinite series of the form, c + cx + cx 2 + cx 3 + …, where c and x are real numbers.
germinal vesicle — the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
giuseppe mazzini — Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1805–72, Italian patriot and revolutionary.
give someone one — to have sex with someone
glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
government stock — stock issued by the UK or another national government
gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
hesselman engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a spark for ignition.
high-compression — of a modern type of internal-combustion engine designed so that the fuel mixture is compressed into a smaller cylinder space, resulting in more pressure on the pistons and more power
higher criticism — the study of the Bible having as its object the establishment of such facts as authorship and date of composition, as well as determination of a basis for exegesis.
horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
illegitimateness — Quality of being illegitimate.
image consultant — imagemaker.
image processing — (graphics) Computer manipulation of images. Some of the many algorithms used in image processing include convolution (on which many others are based), FFT, DCT, thinning (or skeletonisation), edge detection and contrast enhancement. These are usually implemented in software but may also use special purpose hardware for speed. Image processing contrasts with computer graphics, which is usually more concerned with the generation of artificial images, and visualisation, which attempts to understand (real-world) data by displaying it as an artificial image (e.g. a graph). Image processing is used in image recognition and computer vision. See also Pilot European Image Processing Archive.
immoral earnings — money earned from work that transgresses accepted moral or legal rules
imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
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.
investment grant — a direct subsidy made by a government to a business in order to enable it to make further investment
james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
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
king james bible — Authorized Version.
king's messenger — a person whose job is to deliver the King's messages and to bring messages to him

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