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16-letter words containing t, o, a, d, e, g

  • dressing station — a post or center that gives first aid to the wounded, located near a combat area.
  • drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • feel-good factor — When journalists refer to the feel-good factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
  • 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
  • foot fault judge — on official on the baseline who is responsible for calling foot faults
  • fore and aft rig — a sail set in a line from one end the other of a vessel rather than in a square
  • fore-and-aft rig — a rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft.
  • forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
  • four-masted brig — jackass bark (def 2).
  • freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
  • gaudí (i cornet) — An‧to‧nio (ɑnˈtɔnjɔ ) ; änt^ōˈny^ō) 1852-1926; Sp. architect
  • gazetted officer — (in India) a senior official whose appointment is published in the government gazette
  • gender-normative — cisgender.
  • get the lead out — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
  • gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • greater-doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • 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.
  • guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
  • hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
  • have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
  • have the edge on — to have a slight advantage or superiority over
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • knowledgeability — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • leading question — a question so worded as to suggest the proper or desired answer.
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • 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.
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • long-established — having a long history; old
  • long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
  • methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
  • molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • nitrogen mustard — any of the class of poisonous, blistering compounds, as C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, analogous in composition to mustard gas but containing nitrogen instead of sulfur: used in the treatment of cancer and similar diseases; mechlorethamine.
  • non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
  • objective danger — a danger, such as a stone fall or avalanche, to which climbing skill is irrelevant
  • odds are against — If you say that the odds are against something or someone, you mean that they are unlikely to succeed.
  • on the bandwagon — on the popular or apparently winning side, as in an election
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