16-letter words containing o, l, i, g, d
- homogenized milk — milk in which the fat globules are evenly distributed
- hot cold-working — metalworking at considerable heat but below the temperature at which the metal recrystallizes: a form of cold-working.
- 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.
- hydrologic cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
- 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.
- kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
- 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.
- liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows
- 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
- live on the edge — take risks
- lloyd's register — a publication, issued annually by Lloyd's, consisting of a list of all of the world's seagoing vessels and including such information as their age, tonnage, and classification.
- lodgepole (pine) — a Rocky Mountain pine (Pinus contorta) used for lumber, poles, etc.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- 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
- magellanic cloud — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
- 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.
- 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.
- moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
- moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- nodding trillium — a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- nonbiodegradable — Not biodegradable.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- oligodendroglial — Of or pertaining to the oligodendroglia.
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
- organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
- orographic cloud — any cloud whose existence and form are largely controlled by the disturbed flow of air over and around mountains, as the banner cloud and crest cloud.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- pseudo-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- radiographically — the production of radiographs.
- religious leader — head of a church or order
- revised algol 60 — ALGOL 60 Revised
- revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
- robin goodfellow — Puck (def 1).