16-letter words containing s, t, i, l, e, o
- 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
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
- goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
- goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
- great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
- 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
- heat of solution — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance dissolves completely in a large volume of solvent
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
- hesitation waltz — a waltz based on the frequent use of a step that consists of a pause and glide.
- heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
- historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
- horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
- 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
- hostile takeover — a takeover that is not approved by the management of the corporation being acquired or that is accomplished through the secret purchase of stock.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal 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 one's element — If you say that someone is in their element, you mean that they are in a situation they enjoy.
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- in the spotlight — prominently featured
- inconsequentials — Plural form of inconsequential.
- incontestability — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- infelicitousness — (linguistics, pragmatics) The quality or state of being infelicitous, or pragmatically ill-formed.
- inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
- institutionalise — Alternative spelling of institutionalize.
- institutionalize — to make institutional.
- insulin reaction — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interconsonantal — immediately following a consonant and preceding a consonant, as the a in pat.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- intermissionless — (US) Without an intermission; without a pause between acts in the performance of a play or in a film on television.
- internationalise — (British spelling) To make something international; to involve multiple nations.
- internationalism — the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good, sometimes as contrasted with nationalism, or devotion to the interests of a particular nation.
- internationalist — an advocate of internationalism.
- intestinal flora — microorganisms that normally inhabit the lumen of the intestinal tract
- intraocular lens — a plastic lens implanted surgically to replace the eye's natural crystalline lens, usually because the natural lens has developed a cataract.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
- isoamyl benzoate — a colorless liquid, C 11 H 15 O 2 , having a sharp, fruitlike odor: used in cosmetics.