16-letter words containing g, r, e, y, h
- indecency charge — an accusation of committing indecency
- johnny foreigner — a person from a country other than those which make up the United Kingdom
- junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
- kingfisher daisy — a bushy southern African plant, Felicia bergerana, having grasslike leaves and solitary, bright-blue flowers.
- l-glyceraldehyde — the levorotatory optical isomer of glyceraldehyde.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- malpighian layer — the deep, germinative layer of the epidermis.
- megaphanerophyte — any tree with a height over 30 metres
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
- natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
- northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- peegee hydrangea — a widely cultivated hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, having pyramidal clusters of persistent flowers that are white on opening and turn pinkish as they mature.
- personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
- philip r. bagley — (person) A pioneer of computer document retrieval. See metadata.
- polyhedral angle — a configuration consisting of the lateral faces of a polyhedron around one of its vertices. The portion of a pyramid including one of its points is such a configuration.
- poynting theorem — the theorem that the rate of flow of electromagnetic energy through unit area is equal to the Poynting vector, i.e. the cross product of the electric and magnetic field intensities
- pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
- process theology — a form of theology that emphasizes the close relation of human beings, nature, and God.
- psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
- recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
- roentgenotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays.
- room methodology — Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling
- secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
- selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
- sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- the great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the nitty-gritty — the basic facts of a matter, situation, etc; the core
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
- trimethylglycine — betaine.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- yachting regatta — a sailing competition
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)