16-letter words containing i, g, n, o
- genetic disorder — disease caused by abnormal DNA
- geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
- geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
- 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.
- 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.
- get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
- get on your wick — If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
- get one's eye in — to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
- gird one's loins — Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
- give someone one — to have sex with someone
- global community — the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent
- globigerina ooze — a calcareous deposit occurring upon ocean beds and consisting mainly of the shells of dead foraminifers, especially globigerina.
- 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 out on a limb — say sth daring
- golden delicious — a bright yellow type of Delicious apple.
- golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
- golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
- good-for-nothing — worthless; of no use.
- goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
- goodwill mission — a group of people sent to a foreign country to express goodwill
- gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
- government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
- governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
- governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
- greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
- grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
- 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.
- gross misconduct — a proven crime in connection with employment that is serious enough to require dismissal
- gross negligence — extreme carelessness that shows wilful or reckless disregard for the consequences to the safety or property of another
- group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- gulf of liaodong — the N part of the Gulf of Chihli, west of the Liaodong Peninsula
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hang around with — to associate or socialize with
- hanging wardrobe — a wardrobe containing a rail with a large amount of space underneath, so that clothes can be hung on hangers placed onto the rail
- hard rock mining — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- here we go again — You use expressions such as 'here we go' and 'here we go again' in order to indicate that something is happening again in the way that you expected, especially something unpleasant.
- herringbone bond — a brickwork bond in which the exposed brickwork is bonded to the heart of the wall by concealed courses of bricks laid diagonally to the faces of the wall in a herringbone pattern, with the end of each brick butting against the side of the adjoining brick; a form of raking bond.