16-letter words containing t, e, l, i, n, g
- parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pigeon guillemot — a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.
- pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
- pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
- potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
- processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
- project planning — project management
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
- pull the strings — be in control
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- reentering angle — an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
- refracting angle — an angle formed by a ray which is refracted and which is perpendicular to the refracting surface
- regional ileitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.
- regional network — mid-level network
- relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
- releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- revolving credit — credit automatically available up to a predetermined limit while payments are periodically made. Compare credit line (def 2).
- riemann integral — integral (def 8a).
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
- self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- self-degradation — the act of degrading.
- self-denigrating — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-denigration — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- self-deprecating — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
- self-designation — a name taken for oneself or one's own people
- self-dramatizing — exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.
- self-indignation — strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
- self-integrating — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- self-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
- self-liquidating — capable of being sold and converted into cash within a short period of time or before the date on which the supplier must be paid.
- self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- self-questioning — review or scrutiny of one's own motives or behavior.
- self-registering — registering automatically, as an instrument; self-recording.
- self-replicating — reproducing itself by its own power or inherent nature: self-replicating organisms.
- self-sovereignty — the quality or state of being sovereign, or of having supreme power or authority.
- self-subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.