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16-letter words containing g, o, l, i

  • entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
  • epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
  • equational logic — (logic)   First-order equational logic consists of quantifier-free terms of ordinary first-order logic, with equality as the only predicate symbol. The model theory of this logic was developed into Universal algebra by Birkhoff et al. [Birkhoff, Gratzer, Cohn]. It was later made into a branch of category theory by Lawvere ("algebraic theories").
  • eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • executive lounge — a room in an airport in which people who are travelling first class can wait for their flight in comfort
  • fair to middling — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
  • farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • feulgen reaction — a reaction in which an aldehyde combines with a modified Schiff's reagent to produce a purplish compound: used especially to test for the presence of DNA
  • financial doping — the situation in which a sports franchise borrows heavily in order to contract and pay high-performing players, jeopardizing their long-term financial future
  • finishing school — a private school, usually at the high-school or junior-college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society.
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • fit like a glove — fit perfectly
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
  • flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
  • flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
  • flower arranging — Flower arranging is the art or hobby of arranging cut flowers in a way which makes them look attractive.
  • flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental.
  • flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
  • folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
  • foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
  • foreign national — citizen of another country
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • formation flying — a formal arrangement of flying aircraft acting as a unit
  • forward planning — business: making future provisions
  • four-deal bridge — a version of bridge in which four hands only are played, the players then cutting for new partners
  • 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.
  • fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
  • functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
  • galactic equator — the great circle on the celestial sphere that is equidistant from the galactic poles, being inclined approximately 62° to the celestial equator and lying about one degree north of the center line of the Milky Way.
  • garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
  • garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
  • gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
  • gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
  • gemini telescope — either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón
  • gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
  • gender-profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
  • general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
  • general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • general sessions — a court of general jurisdiction in criminal cases in some U.S. states.
  • general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
  • geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
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