16-letter words containing g, o, t, n, e, s
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- debt forgiveness — the action or process of forgiving people their debts
- depending on sth — You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
- destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.
- destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
- disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
- east los angeles — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
- electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
- embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
- endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- external storage — storage, as on disk or tape, supplemental to and slower than main storage, not under the direct control of the CPU and generally contained outside it: Secondary storage for this system is contained on videodisk.
- fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
- first generation — 1. (architecture) first generation computer. 2. (language) first generation language.
- first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
- flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
- 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).
- 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.
- gastro-resistant — A gastro-resistant tablet is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid.
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
- 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
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
- generation jones — members of the generation of people born in the Western world between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s
- genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
- 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.
- gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
- get one's eye in — to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
- get up sb's nose — If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
- glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
- good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
- government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
- government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
- government stock — stock issued by the UK or another national government
- 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.
- 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.