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

chase the dragon — to smoke opium or heroin
chichagof island — an island of Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago. Area: 5439 sq km (2100 sq miles)
chlorogenic acid — a colorless crystalline acid, C 16 H 18 O 9 , that is important in plant metabolism and is purportedly responsible for the browning or blackening of cut apples, potatoes, and other fruits and vegetables.
cigarette holder — A cigarette holder is a narrow tube that you can put a cigarette into in order to hold it while you smoke it.
cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
class background — a person's background with reference to social class
cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
cloak-and-dagger — A cloak-and-dagger activity is one which involves mystery and secrecy.
coleridge-taylor — Samuel. 1875–1912, British composer, best known for his trilogy of oratorios Song of Hiawatha (1898–1900)
collagen disease — any of a group of diseases, as systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis, scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis, involving inflammation or degeneration of connective tissue and accompanied by deposition of fibrinous material.
college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
colorado springs — a city and resort in central Colorado. Pop: 370 448 (2003 est)
combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
come and get it! — the meal is ready!
command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
command language — the language used to access a computer system
common partridge — a small Old World gallinaceous game bird, Perdix perdix
common-or-garden — You can use common-or-garden to describe something you think is ordinary and not special in any way.
consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
considering that — You use considering that to indicate that you are thinking about a particular fact when making a judgment or giving an opinion.
constant folding — (compiler) A compiler optimisation technique where constant subexpressions are evaluated at compile time. This is usually only applied to built-in numerical and boolean operators whereas partial evaluation is more general in that expressions involving user-defined functions may also be evaluated at compile time.
container garden — a collection of pots or other receptacles containing soil for growing plants out of doors
contraindicating — Present participle of contraindicate.
corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
dabrowa gornicza — an industrial city in S Poland.
dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
de-anglicization — (in Ireland) the elimination of English influence, language, customs, etc
dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
delegitimization — The act or process of delegitimizing.
deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.
destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
diamond drilling — drilling using a drill with a diamond-impregnated bit

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