16-letter words containing g, i, l, t, s
- long-established — having a long history; old
- long-tail claims — Long-tail claims are claims that are made or settled a long time after the insurance policy has expired.
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
- 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
- misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
- mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- multiple listing — the listing of a home for sale with a number of real-estate brokers who participate in a shared listing service.
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
- 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.
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- on its last legs — about to fail
- ophthalmologists — Plural form of ophthalmologist.
- optical scanning — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
- osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
- otolaryngologist — Otorhinolaryngologist.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
- play off against — If you play people off against each other, you make them compete or argue, so that you gain some advantage.
- point of sailing — the bearing of a sailing vessel, considered with relation to the direction of the wind.
- processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
- proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
- pull the strings — be in control
- quasi-legitimate — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- regional ileitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.
- releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.