16-letter words containing a, g, o

coping mechanism — something a person does to deal with a difficult situation
corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
correcting plate — a thin lens used to correct incoming light rays in special forms of reflecting telescopes.
corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
cottage hospital — a small rural hospital
cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
countersignature — second signature
crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
cryptozoological — (cryptozoology) Of or pertaining to cryptozoology.
crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
dabrowa gornicza — an industrial city in S Poland.
dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
dangling pointer — (programming) A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere. In C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid. Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared, e.g. a heap-allocated block which has been freed and reused. Used as jargon in a generalisation of its technical meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved is a dangling pointer.
data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
de morgan's laws — (in formal logic and set theory) the principles that conjunction and disjunction, or union and intersection, are dual. Thus the negation of P & Q is equivalent to not-P or not-Q
de-anglicization — (in Ireland) the elimination of English influence, language, customs, etc
dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
delegitimization — The act or process of delegitimizing.
deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
depression glass — cheap glassware mass-produced during the Depression of the 1930s, usually molded in patterns in pale colors, and collectible since the early 1970s
dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
destigmatization — The process or act of destigmatizing.
destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
diamond drilling — drilling using a drill with a diamond-impregnated bit
diazoamino group — the divalent group –N=NNH–.
digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
digital envelope — (cryptography)
dinosaurs mating — (humour) The activity said to occur when yet another big iron merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the mainframe industry. Also described as "elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level, with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future. In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "IBM and the Seven Dwarves": Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. Early on, RCA sold out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull. Univac in turn merged with Sperry to form Sperry/Univac, which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form Unisys in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined). In 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR, only to spit it out again in 1996. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in 1988 and later others. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable.
diphthongisation — The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
diphthongization — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.

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