16-letter words containing g, r, e, a, t
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
- college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
- common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- congo free state — a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- congressionalist — of or relating to a congress.
- considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
- container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
- control language — (language) (CL) The batch language for IBM RPG/38, used in conjunction with RPG III. See also OCL.
- correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
- corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
- counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
- counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
- counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
- countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- countersignature — second signature
- creative writing — Creative writing is writing such as novels, stories, poems, and plays.
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- currency trading — the business of trading in different currencies in order to profit from exchange rate differentials
- dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- database manager — a person in charge of designing, maintaining, and controlling a database
- daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
- dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
- debating chamber — a room where a legislative assembly holds debates
- dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
- deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
- degenerate state — a state of a system characterized by a set of quantum numbers and represented by an eigenfunction. The energy of each state is precise within the limits imposed by the uncertainty principle but may be changed by applying a field of force. States that have the same energy are called degenerate
- departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
- departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
- dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
- destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
- devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
- digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
- digital research — (company) The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
- direct marketing — marketing direct to the consumer, as by direct mail or coupon advertising.
- director general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- director-general — the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
- disappearing act — magic trick
- dispersing agent — a surface-active substance added to a suspension, usually a colloid, to improve the separation of particles and to prevent settling or clumping