16-letter words containing h, a, g, d, i
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- orographic cloud — any cloud whose existence and form are largely controlled by the disturbed flow of air over and around mountains, as the banner cloud and crest cloud.
- phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
- phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
- qin shi huang di — Ch'in Shih Huang Ti.
- radio-phonograph — a radio and phonograph combined in one unit and sharing some components, as the amplifier and speaker(s)
- radiographically — the production of radiographs.
- registered share — a stock registered to the owner's name
- right-hand drive — A right-hand drive vehicle has its steering wheel on the right side. It is designed to be driven in countries such as Britain, Japan, and Australia where people drive on the left side of the road.
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
- sex-and-shopping — (of a novel) belonging to a genre of novel in which the central character, a woman, has a number of sexual encounters, and the author mentions the name of many up-market products
- shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- special handling — (in the U.S. Postal Service) the handling of third- and fourth-class mail as first-class upon the payment of a fee.
- standard english — the English language in its most widely accepted form, as written and spoken by educated people in both formal and informal contexts, having universal currency while incorporating regional differences.
- static discharge — Static discharge is the release of static electricity when two objects touch each other.
- strain hardening — a process in which a metal is permanently deformed in order to increase its resistance to further deformation
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
- thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
- the red brigades — a group of urban guerrillas, based in Italy, who kidnapped and murdered the former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro (1916–78) in 1978
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- washington, d. c — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- washington, d.c. — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- weighted average — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
- wild goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- wild-goose chase — a wild or absurd search for something nonexistent or unobtainable: a wild-goose chase looking for a building long demolished.
- with a high hand — with arrogance; in an arbitrary or dictatorial manner
- withdrawing room — a room to withdraw or retire to; drawing room.
- woody nightshade — bittersweet (def 3).