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16-letter words containing g, l, i, d, e, t

  • earnings-related — An earnings-related payment or benefit provides higher or lower payments according to the amount a person was earning while working.
  • electric welding — the process of welding together, through the use of the heat that is produced by an electric current, pieces of metal
  • endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • federal register — a bulletin, published daily by the U.S. federal government, containing the schedule of hearings before Congressional and federal agency committees, together with orders, proclamations, etc., released by the executive branch of the government.
  • flight attendant — an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • friction welding — a method of welding thermoplastics or metals by the heat generated by rubbing the members to be joined against each other under pressure.
  • garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • gelatin dynamite — a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerin with cellulose nitrate added.
  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • gentleman friend — a man with whom a woman is romantically involved; suitor.
  • gilding the lily — If you say that someone is gilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.
  • gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
  • glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
  • gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
  • golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
  • golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
  • high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat-resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear.
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • indefatigability — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
  • indian wrestling — arm wrestling
  • indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • interlaced image — progressive coding
  • italian dressing — a strongly flavored vinaigrette for salads, containing garlic, oregano, red peppers, etc.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • landed immigrant — foreigner: permanent resident
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • led page printer — LED printer
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • listening device — a device used to overhear, record, or monitor speech
  • 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.
  • live on the edge — take risks
  • lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • 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.
  • middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
  • multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
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