16-letter words containing g, i, d, y, a
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
- money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
- mongolian idiocy — (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- paradigmatically — of or relating to a paradigm.
- phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
- radiographically — the production of radiographs.
- refinery upgrade — A refinery upgrade is the process of introducing the newest technology in some parts of the refinery.
- shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
- slang dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering the words, phrases, and idioms that reflect the least formal speech of a language. These terms are often metaphorical and playful, and are likely to be evanescent as the spoken language changes from one generation to another. Much slang belongs to specific groups, as the jargon of a particular class, profession, or age group. Some is vulgar. Some slang terms have staying power as slang, but others make a transition into common informal speech, and then into the standard language. An online slang dictionary, such as the Dictionary.com Slang Dictionary, provides immediate information about the meaning and history of a queried term and its appropriateness or lack of appropriateness in a range of social and professional circumstances.
- standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).
- yield management — the process of frequently adjusting the price of a product in response to various market factors, as demand or competition.