16-letter words containing g, r, o, e, t

natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
net register ton — net ton (def 1).
network engineer — (job) A high-level LAN/WAN technician who plans, implements and supports network solutions between multiple platforms. A network engineer installs and maintains local area network hardware and software, and troubleshoots network usage and computer peripherals. He may have CNE certification.
network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
nitrogen dioxide — a reddish-brown, highly poisonous gas, NO 2 , used as an intermediate in the manufacture of nitric and sulfuric acids, and as a nitrating and oxidizing agent; a major air pollutant from the exhaust of internal combustion engines that are not fitted with pollution control devices.
nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
non-intersecting — to cut or divide by passing through or across: The highway intersects the town.
nonreciprocating — Not reciprocating; not responding in kind.
north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
northern whiting — northern kingfish.
nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
of a certain age — of an unspecified age, but no longer young
oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
on (the) average — as an average quantity, rate, etc.
on the downgrade — waning in importance, popularity, health, etc
operating budget — money allocated to a project
operating income — revenue from business operations after operating expenses are deducted from gross income.
operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
operating margin — An operating margin is a ratio used to measure how well a company controls its costs, that is calculated by dividing operating income by net sales, and expressing it as a percentage.
operating profit — the profit of a company, etc, after it deducts its operating costs or the costs necessary to conduct the business
operating system — (operating system) (OS) The low-level software which handles the interface to peripheral hardware, schedules tasks, allocates storage, and presents a default interface to the user when no application program is running. The OS may be split into a kernel which is always present and various system programs which use facilities provided by the kernel to perform higher-level house-keeping tasks, often acting as servers in a client-server relationship. Some would include a graphical user interface and window system as part of the OS, others would not. The operating system loader, BIOS, or other firmware required at boot time or when installing the operating system would generally not be considered part of the operating system, though this distinction is unclear in the case of a rommable operating system such as RISC OS. The facilities an operating system provides and its general design philosophy exert an extremely strong influence on programming style and on the technical cultures that grow up around the machines on which it runs. Example operating systems include 386BSD, AIX, AOS, Amoeba, Angel, Artemis microkernel, BeOS, Brazil, COS, CP/M, CTSS, Chorus, DACNOS, DOSEXEC 2, GCOS, GEORGE 3, GEOS, ITS, KAOS, Linux, LynxOS, MPV, MS-DOS, MVS, Mach, Macintosh operating system, Microsoft Windows, MINIX, Multics, Multipop-68, Novell NetWare, OS-9, OS/2, Pick, Plan 9, QNX, RISC OS, STING, System V, System/360, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, TRUSIX, TWENEX, TYMCOM-X, Thoth, Unix, VM/CMS, VMS, VRTX, VSTa, VxWorks, WAITS.
operating-system — the collection of software that directs a computer's operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of other programs, and managing storage, input/output, and communication resources. Abbreviation: OS.
operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
over-controlling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
over-imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
overcompensating — Present participle of overcompensate.
overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
pacific sturgeon — a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.
parser generator — A program which takes a formal description of a grammar (e.g. in BNF) and outputs source code for a parser which will recognise valid strings obeying that grammar and perform associated actions. Unix's yacc is a well known example.
partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
past progressive — a verb form consisting of an auxiliary be in the past tense followed by a present participle and used especially to indicate that an action or event was incomplete or in progress at a point of reference in the past, as was sleeping in I was sleeping when the phone rang.
patched-together — makeshift; roughly made from disparate elements
pension mortgage — an arrangement whereby a person takes out a mortgage and pays the capital repayment instalments into a pension fund and the interest to the mortgagee. The loan is repaid out of the tax-free lump sum proceeds of the pension plan on the borrower's retirement
percentage point — difference: one per cent
petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase

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