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

high-compression — of a modern type of internal-combustion engine designed so that the fuel mixture is compressed into a smaller cylinder space, resulting in more pressure on the pistons and more power
high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
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.
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.
large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
learning process — a process of learning
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.
legal separation — judicial separation.
legion of honour — an order for civil or military merit instituted by Napoleon in France in 1802
leptosporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a single cell, rather than from a group, and normally with specialized explosive spore dispersal
liebig condenser — a laboratory condenser consisting of a glass tube surrounded by a glass envelope through which cooling water flows

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