16-letter words containing g, o, r, m

countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
diamond drilling — drilling using a drill with a diamond-impregnated bit
diazoamino group — the divalent group –N=NNH–.
digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
dinosaurs mating — (humour) The activity said to occur when yet another big iron merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the mainframe industry. Also described as "elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level, with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future. In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "IBM and the Seven Dwarves": Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. Early on, RCA sold out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull. Univac in turn merged with Sperry to form Sperry/Univac, which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form Unisys in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined). In 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR, only to spit it out again in 1996. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in 1988 and later others. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable.
drinking problem — If someone is said to have a drink problem, they are thought to drink too much alcohol
economic embargo — a legal stoppage of commerce, usually taken by one nation or group of nations to harm the economy of another nation or group, often to force a political change
economic migrant — person: seeks work abroad
electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
electromigration — (physics) the transport of small particles under the influence of an electric charge.
electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
emergency worker — a person whose job is to help people in emergencies
emulator program — (networking) (EP) IBM software that emulates a 2701/2/3 hard-wired IBM 360 communications controller and resides in a 370x/372x/374x comms controller. See also Partitioned Emulation Program (PEP).
evening primrose — flowering plant
fair to middling — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
for good measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
foreign commerce — an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries (foreign commerce) or between different parts of the same country (domestic commerce) trade; business.
foreign minister — (in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called, especially British, foreign secretary. Compare secretary of state (def 1).
formation flying — a formal arrangement of flying aircraft acting as a unit
four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
from the word go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
gamma correction — (hardware) Adjustments applied during the display of a digital representation of colour on a screen in order to compensate for the fact that the Cathode Ray Tubes used in computer monitors (and televisions) produce a light intensity which is not proportional to the input voltage. The light intensity is actually proportional to the input voltage raised to the inverse power of some constant, called gamma. Its value varies from one display to another, but is usually around 2.5. Because it is more intuitive for the colour components (red, green and blue) to be varied linearly in the computer, the actual voltages sent to the monitor by the display hardware must be adjusted in order to make the colour component intensity on the screen proportional to the value stored in the computer's display memory. This process is most easily achieved by a dedicated module in the display hardware which simply scales the outputs of the display memory before sending them to the digital-to-analogue converters. More expensive graphics cards and workstations (particularly those used for CAD applications) will have a gamma correction facility. In combination with the "white-point" gamma correction is used to achieve precise colour matching.
garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
gender-normative — cisgender.
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
geometric isomer — each of two or more chemical compounds having the same molecular formula but a different geometric arrangement; an unsaturated compound or ring compound in which rotation around a carbon bond is restricted, as in cis- and trans- configurations.
geometric series — an infinite series of the form, c + cx + cx 2 + cx 3 + …, where c and x are real numbers.
geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
george m pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
george mcclellan — George Brinton [brin-tn] /ˈbrɪn tn/ (Show IPA), 1826–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
german cockroach — a common yellowish-brown cockroach, Blatta germanica, brought into the U.S. from Europe.
gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
gonzález márquez — Felipe (feˈlipe). born 1942, Spanish statesman; prime minister of Spain (1982–96)
government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.

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