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16-letter words containing g, o, i, t, a

  • 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.
  • goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
  • goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • gram atomic mass — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
  • grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics)   (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
  • gravity platform — (in the oil industry) a drilling platform that rests directly on the sea bed and is kept in position by its own weight; it is usually made of reinforced concrete
  • gravity railroad — a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • hang around with — to associate or socialize with
  • have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
  • have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
  • hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
  • high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • histopathologist — A person involved in histopathology.
  • historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
  • home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
  • housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
  • hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
  • huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
  • hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
  • hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
  • ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.
  • image consultant — imagemaker.
  • immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
  • immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • in the long haul — in a future time
  • inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
  • inflationary gap — the excess of total spending in an economy over the value, at current prices, of the output it can produce
  • interior mapping — an open map.
  • into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
  • isoagglutination — the clumping of the red blood cells by a transfusion of the blood or serum of a genetically different individual of the same species.
  • isoplastic graft — syngraft.
  • javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
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