16-letter words containing t, o, c, l, g
- stamp collecting — Stamp collecting is the hobby of building up a collection of stamps.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- 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).
- summa theologica — a philosophical and theological work (1265–74) by St. Thomas Aquinas, consisting of an exposition of Christian doctrine.
- teachers college — a four-year college offering courses for the training of primary and secondary school teachers and granting the bachelor's degree and often advanced degrees.
- teleconferencing — a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment. Compare videoconference.
- telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
- tephrochronology — a geochronologic technique based on the dating of layers of volcanic ash.
- tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
- the long paddock — a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
- the open college — (in Britain) a college of art founded in 1987 for mature students studying foundation courses in arts and crafts by television programmes, written materials, and tutorials
- to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
- to get cold feet — If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail.
- training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- trinitroglycerin — nitroglycerin.
- unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.