16-letter words containing g, l, o, a, t, s
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- 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.
- organ transplant — an operation in which an organ is transplanted from a donor
- osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- otolaryngologist — Otorhinolaryngologist.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
- 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.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- rattle so's cage — If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
- 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.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
- self-degradation — the act of degrading.
- self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
- self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
- self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- signal generator — radio
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- social gathering — party, get-together
- social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
- stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
- still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- sugar plantation — a large area of land where sugar is grown
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
- to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
- 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.