16-letter words containing o, r, g, e

honeymoon bridge — any of several varieties of bridge for two players.
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
hydrogen bromide — a colorless gas, HBr, having a pungent odor: the anhydride of hydrobromic acid.
hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
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.
hydrometeorology — the study of atmospheric water, especially precipitation, as it affects agriculture, water supply, flood control, power generation, etc.
hygrothermograph — an instrument for recording temperature and relative humidity.
hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
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.
imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
immoral earnings — money earned from work that transgresses accepted moral or legal rules
immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
in living memory — If you say that something is, for example, the best, worst, or first thing of its kind in living memory, you are emphasizing that it is the only thing of that kind that people can remember.
in the long term — You use the expressions in the long term, in the short term, and in the medium term to talk about what will happen over a long period of time, over a short period of time, and over a medium period of time.
in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
in utero surgery — surgery performed on a fetus while it is in the womb.
in working order — fully functioning
incorrigibleness — The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
interior mapping — an open map.
into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
ironbridge gorge — a gorge formed by the river Severn in Shropshire; named after the Iron Bridge (1779), the first iron bridge of its kind in the world, now a monument to the Industrial Revolution
james oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
jeweller's rouge — a finely powdered form of ferric oxide used as a metal polish
john wheelwright — John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
johnny foreigner — a person from a country other than those which make up the United Kingdom
julius rosenberg — Alfred, 1893–1946, German Nazi ideologist and political leader, born in Estonia.
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.
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
kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
karadeniz bogazi — Bosporus
keep on a string — to have control or a hold over (someone), esp emotionally
keyword indexing — the process of constructing or compiling an index to a document or other item by using keywords that describe the item.
kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
knowledge worker — a person employed to produce or analyse ideas and information
labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.

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