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16-letter words containing g, o, t, h

  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
  • freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
  • from the word go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
  • gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
  • get the hell out — If you tell someone to get the hell out of a place, you are telling them angrily or emphatically to leave that place immediately.
  • get the lead out — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
  • girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
  • glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
  • glottochronology — the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct but related languages share, using the information thus obtained to estimate how long ago they ceased being a single language.
  • glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
  • go into the tank — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
  • go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
  • go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
  • go the whole hog — Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
  • go to any length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • go to the toilet — You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people.
  • go with the flow — take a relaxed approach
  • go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
  • gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
  • 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.
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • grind your teeth — If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.
  • grit one's teeth — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
  • hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
  • 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
  • have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
  • hedge one's bets — If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other.
  • hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
  • heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
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