16-letter words containing o, g, d, a

hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
karadeniz bogazi — Bosporus
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
kingdom-of-nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
light adaptation — the reflex adaptation of the eye to bright light, consisting of an increase in the number of functioning cones, accompanied by a decrease in the number of functioning rods (opposed to dark adaptation).
like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
long-established — having a long history; old
long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
lopez de legazpe — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), 1510?–72, Spanish conqueror and colonizer of the Philippines 1565: founder of Manila 1571.
machine moulding — the process of making moulds and cores for castings by mechanical means, usually by compacting the moulding sand by vibration instead of by ramming down
mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
mahmud of ghazni — a.d. 971?–1030, Muslim Amir of Ghazni 997–1030.
malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
marmalade orange — a bitter variety of orange suitable for making marmalade
methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
missionary ridge — a ridge in NW Georgia and SE Tennessee: Civil War battle 1863.
modern languages — languages currently spoken
modular language — (language) (Modula) Wirth's 1977 predecessor of Modula-2. The original Modula was, more oriented toward concurrent programming, but otherwise quite similar.
mohammed of ghor — (Mu'izz-ad-din) died 1206, Muslim Sultan of Ghazni 1173–1206: established Muslim power in India.
molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
mönchen-gladbach — city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 266,000
money laundering — Money laundering is the crime of processing stolen money through a legitimate business or sending it abroad to a foreign bank, to hide the fact that the money was illegally obtained.
mongolian idiocy — (no longer in technical use) Down syndrome.
mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
mountain dogwood — a dogwood tree, Cornus nuttallii, of western North America, having pointed, petallike white or pinkish bracts and clustered scarlet fruits.
nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
norwegian buhund — a slightly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect pointed ears and a short thick tail carried curled over its back
objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
of human bondage — a novel (1915) by W. Somerset Maugham.
oligodendroglial — Of or pertaining to the oligodendroglia.
oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election

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