16-letter words containing g, e, n, t, l, r
- lighting fixture — a lighting fixture is part of a light that is attached to the wall or ceiling where you put the light bulb or other lighting element, and which cannot be easily removed
- lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- little englander — an English person who believes the best interests of Britain are served by attention to Britain itself, rather than to the concerns of the empire.
- little green men — a humorous way to refer to aliens
- local government — the administration of the civic affairs of a city, town, or district by its inhabitants rather than by the state or country at large.
- logical relation — A relation R satisfying f R g <=> For all a, b, a R b => f a R g b This definition, by Plotkin, can be used to extend the definition of a relation on the types of a and b to a relation on functions.
- long-term memory — information stored in the brain and retrievable over a long period of time, often over the entire life span of the individual (contrasted with short-term memory).
- longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- nathanael greene — Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- national gallery — a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
- natural language — a language used as a native tongue by a group of speakers.
- natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
- natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
- network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another