16-letter words containing r, o, g, a, t, y
- shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
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- soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
- starry grasswort — a weedy plant, Cerastium arvense, of the pink family, native to the North Temperate Zone, having narrow leaves and white flowers.
- statutory change — a change in the law
- stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
- storage capacity — amount of room or space
- strongyloidiasis — an intestinal disease caused by infection with the nematode worm Strongyloides stercoralis
- syncategorematic — Traditional Logic. of or relating to a word that is part of a categorical proposition but is not a term, as all, some, is.
- tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
- there you are/go — You say 'there you are' or 'there you go' when you are offering something to someone.
- to get your oats — to have sexual intercourse regularly
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- vegetable oyster — salsify.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- x-ray photograph — a radiograph made with x-rays.