16-letter words containing t, a, g
- ground substance — Also called matrix. the homogeneous substance in which the fibers and cells of connective tissue are embedded.
- grounded neutral — Grounded neutral is the situation in which the neutral wire of an electrical supply system is connected to ground.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
- gunnery sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant and below a first or master sergeant.
- gutierrez najera — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), ("El Duque Job") 1859–95, Mexican poet, short-story writer, and editor.
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
- hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- hang around with — to associate or socialize with
- hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
- have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
- have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
- have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
- head arrangement — a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- heating engineer — a person whose job is to install and maintain equipment used for heating buildings
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- high wire artist — a performer of a high-wire act
- high-level waste — radioactive waste material, such as spent nuclear fuel initially having a high activity and thus needing constant cooling for several decades by its producers before it can be reprocessed or treated
- high-maintenance — needing frequent maintenance or repair: My bike is high-maintenance; this is its third front wheel this month.
- high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
- high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- histopathologist — A person involved in histopathology.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
- horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
- horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
- hot stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
- hot-stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
- huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- hygrothermograph — an instrument for recording temperature and relative humidity.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.