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16-letter words containing h, o, g

  • geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
  • geoffrey chaucer — Geoffrey, 1340?–1400, English poet.
  • geographic range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible to the eye at a given elevation, assuming that the weather is clear and that the light is sufficiently powerful to be visible from any point at which it appears above the horizon.
  • geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
  • 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.
  • geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
  • german cockroach — a common yellowish-brown cockroach, Blatta germanica, brought into the U.S. from Europe.
  • gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
  • get the hell out — If you tell someone to get the hell out of a place, you are telling them angrily or emphatically to leave that place immediately.
  • get the lead out — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
  • girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
  • glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
  • glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
  • glottochronology — the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct but related languages share, using the information thus obtained to estimate how long ago they ceased being a single language.
  • 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 the whole hog — Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
  • go to any length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • 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
  • gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
  • gold-headed cane — a long thin stick with a curved or round top made of gold
  • golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
  • golden handshake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
  • golden horseshoe — the urban and agricultural area surrounding Toronto.
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • good housekeeper — a person who is an efficient and thrifty domestic manager
  • good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
  • grape phylloxera — See under phylloxera.
  • 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.
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
  • 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
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
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