16-letter words containing l, e, g, i, o, n
- social gathering — party, get-together
- solemn high mass — a Mass sung with the assistance of a deacon and subdeacon.
- sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
- spill one's guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- spring snowflake — a European amaryllidaceous plant, Leucojum vernum, with white nodding bell-shaped flowers
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
- storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
- sumo (wrestling) — a highly stylized Japanese form of wrestling engaged in by large, extremely heavy men
- superior general — the superior of an order or congregation.
- tangential point — a point at which a geometric line, curve, plane, or curved surface touches another curve or surface but does not intersect it
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
- to lift a finger — If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing.
- tool engineering — the branch of engineering having to do with planning the tooling and processes required for manufacturing certain products, with the design and manufacture of the tools, dies, and jigs required, and with the control of the production processes.
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- transfer molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic in which the plastic enters a closed mold from an adjoining chamber in which it has been softened.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
- unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- vinylidene group — the bivalent group C 2 H 2 , derived from ethylene.
- virgin olive oil — oil from olives that is not processed
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- wellington boots — a leather boot with the front part of the top extending above the knee.
- wireline logging — Wireline logging is the process of using electric instruments to continuously measure the properties of a formation, in order to make decisions about drilling and production operations.
- yellow underwing — any of several species of noctuid moths (Noctua and Anarta species), the hind wings of which are yellow with a black bar
- zone of leaching — A horizon.