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16-letter words containing l, o, u, n, g

  • flutter tonguing — a method of sounding a wind instrument, esp the flute, with a rolling movement of the tongue
  • folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
  • foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
  • functional group — a group of atoms responsible for the characteristic behavior of the class of compounds in which the group occurs, as the hydroxyl group in alcohols.
  • gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
  • general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
  • general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
  • george m pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
  • girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
  • 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
  • glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
  • go out on a limb — say sth daring
  • golden delicious — a bright yellow type of Delicious apple.
  • 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 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.
  • gonzález márquez — Felipe (feˈlipe). born 1942, Spanish statesman; prime minister of Spain (1982–96)
  • gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • 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.
  • grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
  • gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
  • gulf of liaodong — the N part of the Gulf of Chihli, west of the Liaodong Peninsula
  • gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
  • gulf of san blas — an inlet of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama
  • gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
  • hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
  • household knight — bachelor (def 5).
  • household-knight — an unmarried man.
  • hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
  • image consultant — imagemaker.
  • immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • in the long haul — in a future time
  • induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
  • isoagglutination — the clumping of the red blood cells by a transfusion of the blood or serum of a genetically different individual of the same species.
  • julius rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
  • junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
  • kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • language isolate — isolate (def 9).
  • lapsang souchong — a large-leafed variety of China tea with a slightly smoky flavour
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • league champions — the team that has come top of the league
  • legion of honour — an order for civil or military merit instituted by Napoleon in France in 1802
  • lightbulb moment — a moment of sudden inspiration, revelation, or recognition
  • lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
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