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16-letter words containing h, i, g, t, o

  • 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
  • depending on sth — You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
  • dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
  • dick whittington — Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
  • dimethylglyoxime — (organic compound) The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium.
  • diphthongisation — The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
  • diphthongization — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
  • double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
  • encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
  • entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
  • epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
  • eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • 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.
  • faction fighting — dissension
  • fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
  • farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • fifth-generation — denoting developments in computer design to produce machines with artificial intelligence
  • flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
  • flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
  • flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • 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.
  • girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
  • glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
  • go into the tank — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
  • go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
  • go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
  • go to the toilet — You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people.
  • go with the flow — take a relaxed approach
  • go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
  • graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics)   (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
  • grind your teeth — If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.
  • grit one's teeth — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • hang around with — to associate or socialize with
  • have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
  • have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
  • hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
  • hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
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