16-letter words containing o, r, g, a, s

general sessions — a court of general jurisdiction in criminal cases in some U.S. states.
general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
generation jones — members of the generation of people born in the Western world between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s
globular cluster — a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center.
glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
gold-of-pleasure — a yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, Camelina sativa, widespread as a weed, esp in flax fields, and formerly cultivated for its oil-rich seeds: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
goods in transit — articles that are in the process of being carried by vehicle from one place to another
governors island — an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
gram atomic mass — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
grand inquisitor — (often initial capital letters) the presiding officer of a court of inquisition.
graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
gregory of nyssa — Saint, a.d. c330–395? Christian bishop and theologian in Asia Minor (brother of Saint Basil).
ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
heralds' college — a royal corporation in England, instituted in 1483, concerned chiefly with armorial bearings, genealogies, honors, and precedence.
high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
image processing — (graphics) Computer manipulation of images. Some of the many algorithms used in image processing include convolution (on which many others are based), FFT, DCT, thinning (or skeletonisation), edge detection and contrast enhancement. These are usually implemented in software but may also use special purpose hardware for speed. Image processing contrasts with computer graphics, which is usually more concerned with the generation of artificial images, and visualisation, which attempts to understand (real-world) data by displaying it as an artificial image (e.g. a graph). Image processing is used in image recognition and computer vision. See also Pilot European Image Processing Archive.
immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
immoral earnings — money earned from work that transgresses accepted moral or legal rules
import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
isoplastic graft — syngraft.
jacobson's organ — either of a pair of blind, tubular, olfactory sacs in the roof of the mouth, vestigial in humans but well-developed in many animals, especially reptiles.
james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
johnston's organ — a sense organ in the second segment of the antenna of an insect, sensitive to movements of the antenna's flagellum, as when the insect is in flight.
kamerlingh onnes — Heike [hahy-kuh] /ˈhaɪ kə/ (Show IPA), 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.
kamerlingh-onnes — Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913

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