16-letter words containing t, a, g, b, o
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
- large-print book — a book where the text is printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
- leveraged buyout — the purchase of a company with borrowed money, using the company's assets as collateral, and often discharging the debt and realizing a profit by liquidating the company. Abbreviation: LBO.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- northanger abbey — a novel (1818) by Jane Austen.
- objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
- operating budget — money allocated to a project
- photograph album — bound book for photos
- right about face — Military. a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction. the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- smooth breathing — a symbol (') used in the writing of Greek to indicate that the initial vowel over which it is placed is unaspirated.
- soft brown sugar — a type of moist sugar made by coating white sugar with dark molasses
- steamboat gothic — a florid architectural style suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of river boats of the Victorian period.
- stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
- teutoburger wald — a chain of wooded hills in Germany, in Westphalia: Romans defeated by German tribes a.d.
- to get bad press — If someone or something gets bad press, they are criticized, especially in the newspapers, on television, or on radio. If they get good press, they are praised.
- vegetable marrow — any of various summer squashes, as the cocozelle and zucchini.
- vegetable oyster — salsify.
- vegetable sponge — loofah (def 2).
- vegetable tallow — any of several tallowlike substances of vegetable origin, used in making candles, soap, etc., and as lubricants.
- virginia tobacco — a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia