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16-letter words containing s, i, n, g, l

  • consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
  • constant folding — (compiler)   A compiler optimisation technique where constant subexpressions are evaluated at compile time. This is usually only applied to built-in numerical and boolean operators whereas partial evaluation is more general in that expressions involving user-defined functions may also be evaluated at compile time.
  • consulting hours — the hours during which health practitioners are available for consultation
  • creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
  • curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
  • cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
  • delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
  • dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
  • departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
  • depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
  • descending colon — the last portion of the colon, beginning at the upper left abdomen in the region of the spleen and continuing downward along the left posterior wall to the sigmoid flexure.
  • designer stubble — (on a man) facial hair that is carefully trimmed to give what is thought to be an attractive rugged slightly unshaven look
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • devil's triangle — Bermuda Triangle.
  • diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
  • disagreeableness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being disagreeable.
  • disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
  • discombobulating — Present participle of discombobulate.
  • discriminatingly — With discrimination.
  • division algebra — a linear algebra in which each element of the vector space has a multiplicative inverse.
  • double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
  • earnings-related — An earnings-related payment or benefit provides higher or lower payments according to the amount a person was earning while working.
  • eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
  • electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
  • electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
  • endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
  • english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
  • english heritage — an organization, partly funded by government aid, that looks after ancient monuments and historic buildings in England
  • english-speaking — speaking English as a mother tongue
  • englishman's tie — a type of knot for tying together heavy ropes
  • ethnic cleansing — genocide
  • ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
  • evangelistically — In an evangelistic manner.
  • falling sickness — epilepsy.
  • fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
  • farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
  • finishing school — a private school, usually at the high-school or junior-college level, that teaches young women social graces and prepares them for life in society.
  • fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
  • flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
  • flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
  • folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
  • friedrich engels — Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
  • gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
  • gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
  • 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.
  • gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
  • gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
  • 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
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
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