16-letter words containing age

on the same page — one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
passage to india — a novel (1924) by E. M. Forster.
pension mortgage — an arrangement whereby a person takes out a mortgage and pays the capital repayment instalments into a pension fund and the interest to the mortgagee. The loan is repaid out of the tax-free lump sum proceeds of the pension plan on the borrower's retirement
percentage point — difference: one per cent
personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
practice manager — the manager of a business such as a medical practice, dental practice, or legal practice
private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
proof of postage — a document, such as a receipt, etc, that proves that you have posted or mailed something
publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
punitive damages — law: penalty payment
purchasing agent — a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
quinquagenarians — Plural form of quinquagenarian.
railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
rattle so's cage — If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
register tonnage — the volume of a vessel, especially the net tonnage as measured officially and registered for purposes of taxation.
reverse mortgage — a type of home mortgage under which an elderly homeowner is allowed a long-term loan in the form of monthly payments against his or her paid-off equity as collateral, repayable when the home is eventually sold. Abbreviation: RAM.
savage's station — a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle in 1862.
saxifrage family — the plant family Saxifragaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and small trees having alternate or opposite leaves, clustered or solitary flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the astilbe, currant, deutzia, gooseberry, hydrangea, mock orange, piggy-back plant, saxifrage, and strawberry geranium.
schiff's reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
settlement agent — A settlement agent is a person who arranges the transfer of securities or real property in a sale.
shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
slugging average — a measure of the effectiveness of a batter in making base hits, obtained by dividing the total bases reached by hitting by the number of official times at bat and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A batter making 275 total bases in 500 times at bat has a slugging average of .550.
software package — bundle of files to execute computer program
sparking voltage — the minimum voltage required to produce a spark across a given spark gap.
stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
stock management — the monitoring and control of goods and stock so that new stock can be ordered as required and the right numbers and quantities made available at all times
storage capacity — amount of room or space
storage terminal — A storage terminal is a building or area with large tanks for storing oil, gas, and other petrochemical products.
subliminal image — an image used in advertising, etc, that is too quick to be registered by the mind but is used to influence the viewer unconsciously
subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
suspending agent — A suspending agent is a liquid in which a solid substance can be held in suspension.
take a page from — to follow the example of; imitate
thatched cottage — a cottage that has a roof that is thatched with straw, reed etc
theatrical agent — an intermediary who brings together actors who are seeking work and theatre producers who are offering parts
to act one's age — If someone tells you to act your age, they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way.
to set the stage — If someone sets the scene or sets the stage for an event to take place, they make preparations so that it can take place.
unix manual page — (operating system) (Or "man page") A part of Unix's extensive on-line documentation. To read a manual page from the Unix command line, type: man [-s
] e.g. "man ftp" (the section number can usually be omitted). Pages are traditionally referred to using the notation "page(section)", e.g. ftp(1). Under SunOS (which is fairly typical), Section 1 covers commands, 2 system calls, 3 C library routines, 4 devices and networks, 5 file formats, 6 games and demos, 7 miscellaneous, 8 system administration. Each section has an introduction which can be obtained with, e.g., "man 2 intro". Manual pages are stored as nroff source files. Formatted versions are also usually cached. Man pages for most versions of Unix are available on-line in HTML.
wages settlement — an agreement over wages following negotiations between workers and employers
waste management — disposal and treatment of waste
weighted average — a mean that is computed with extra weight given to one or more elements of the sample.
windward passage — a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.
wireless message — a radio message
women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote

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