16-letter words containing n, o, g, c, a, l
- processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
- project planning — project management
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- pull a long face — to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
- racial profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
- regional council — the governing body in certain countries of a particular region or administrative division
- releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
- single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
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- social gathering — party, get-together
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- 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
- virginia cowslip — a perennial woodland plant (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family, native to E North America and having clusters of blue or purple, bell-shaped flowers
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- zone of leaching — A horizon.