16-letter words containing g, e, o, h
- cog in the wheel — small part of a large system
- colonial heights — a town in central Virginia.
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- combining weight — the atomic weight of an atom or radical divided by its valence.
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.
- coping mechanism — something a person does to deal with a difficult situation
- corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
- cottage hospital — a small rural hospital
- counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
- counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
- dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
- dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- depending on sth — You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
- dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- dimethylglyoxime — (organic compound) The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium.
- double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
- drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- ecological niche — niche (def 3).
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- enough is enough — expressing exasperation
- entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
- epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
- ethnomethodology — A method of sociological analysis that examines how individuals use everyday conversation and gestures to construct a common-sense view of the world.
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
- fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
- fashion magazine — periodical about trendy clothing
- fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
- father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
- fifth-generation — denoting developments in computer design to produce machines with artificial intelligence
- figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
- flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire