16-letter words containing s, o, g
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
- drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
- east los angeles — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- ebenezer scrooge — Ebenezer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/ (Show IPA) a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- edsel ford range — a mountain range in Antarctica, E of the Ross Sea.
- electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water
- electromagnetics — Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study.
- electromagnetism — The interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- embourgeoisement — (chiefly UK) The taking-up of middle-class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
- emergency powers — special permission allowing a minister, government, etc to take action in an emergency without having to have their actions approved by parliament
- endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
- enough is enough — expressing exasperation
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- evening primrose — flowering plant
- external storage — storage, as on disk or tape, supplemental to and slower than main storage, not under the direct control of the CPU and generally contained outside it: Secondary storage for this system is contained on videodisk.
- false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
- 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.
- fashion designer — creator of clothing designs
- fashion magazine — periodical about trendy clothing
- fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
- father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
- fellow passenger — a person travelling on the same vehicle, plane, ship etc as you
- ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
- figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
- figure-conscious — concerned to keep an attractively slim body shape
- 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
- first generation — 1. (architecture) first generation computer. 2. (language) first generation language.
- first-generation — being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country.
- flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
- flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
- focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
- folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
- for a good cause — If you say that something is for a good cause, you mean that it is worth doing or giving to because it will help other people, for example by raising money for charity.
- for good measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- foreign minister — (in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states. Also called, especially British, foreign secretary. Compare secretary of state (def 1).
- four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
- garbage disposal — A garbage disposal or a garbage disposal unit is a small machine in the kitchen sink that breaks down waste matter so that it does not block the sink.
- garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
- 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
- gastro-resistant — A gastro-resistant tablet is designed to temporarily withstand attack by stomach acid.
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.