16-letter words containing o, s, i, c, l
- garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
- gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
- gemini telescope — either of two identical 8-metre telescopes for optical and near-infrared observations built by an international consortium. Gemini North is in Hawaii at an altitude of 4200 m on Mauna Kea and Gemini South is in Chile at 2715 m on Cerro Pachón
- gender selection — choosing the sex of a baby
- geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
- gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
- glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
- golden delicious — a bright yellow type of Delicious apple.
- gossip columnist — a person who writes a gossip column
- gross negligence — extreme carelessness that shows wilful or reckless disregard for the consequences to the safety or property of another
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
- horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
- horticulturalist — Misspelling of horticulturist.
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- ice-cream social — a social gathering, usually to raise money for a local church or school, where ice cream is the principal refreshment.
- iconoclastically — In an iconoclastic way.
- image consultant — imagemaker.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- incombustibility — The quality or state of being incombustible.
- incommensurables — Plural form of incommensurable.
- incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- inconclusiveness — The state or condition of being inconclusive.
- inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
- inconsolableness — The quality of being inconsolable.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incorrigibleness — The quality of being incorrigible; incorrigibility.
- infelicitousness — (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.
- inofficious will — a will inconsistent with the moral duty and natural affection of the testator, especially one denying the legitimate heirs the portions of the estate to which they are legally entitled.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- interconsonantal — immediately following a consonant and preceding a consonant, as the a in pat.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
- isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
- isoplastic graft — syngraft.
- journalistically — of, relating to, or characteristic of journalists or journalism.
- junior's license — a driver's license issued to people under the age of 18
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kick one's heels — If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.