16-letter words containing g, l, e, n, r, o
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- superior general — the superior of an order or congregation.
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- to lift a finger — If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.
- tool engineering — the branch of engineering having to do with planning the tooling and processes required for manufacturing certain products, with the design and manufacture of the tools, dies, and jigs required, and with the control of the production processes.
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
- under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
- upper lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- vinylidene group — the bivalent group C 2 H 2 , derived from ethylene.
- virgin olive oil — oil from olives that is not processed
- wireline logging — Wireline logging is the process of using electric instruments to continuously measure the properties of a formation, in order to make decisions about drilling and production operations.
- yablonovyy range — a mountain range in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, E of Lake Baikal.
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- yellow underwing — any of several species of noctuid moths (Noctua and Anarta species), the hind wings of which are yellow with a black bar