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16-letter words containing a, r, g, u

  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • grapefruit juice — nectar of the grapefruit
  • graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
  • gray nurse shark — a sand shark, Odontaspis arenarius, abundant in S African and Australian coastal waters and estuaries.
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
  • great-granduncle — an uncle of one's grandfather or grandmother.
  • grenade launcher — a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle, permitting the firing of rifle grenades.
  • grey nurse shark — a common greyish Australian shark, Odontaspis arenarius
  • greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
  • 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.
  • growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
  • guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
  • gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
  • gulf of martaban — an inlet of the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar
  • gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
  • gunnery sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking above a staff sergeant and below a first or master sergeant.
  • gutierrez najera — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), ("El Duque Job") 1859–95, Mexican poet, short-story writer, and editor.
  • gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • gyratory crusher — A gyratory crusher is a crusher in which a cone-shaped rod rotates in a cone-shaped bowl.
  • hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
  • hang around with — to associate or socialize with
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
  • horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
  • hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
  • housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
  • hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
  • hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
  • hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
  • imaginary number — Also called imaginary, pure imaginary number. a complex number having its real part equal to zero.
  • imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • in large measure — If something is true in some measure or in large measure, it is partly or mostly true.
  • inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
  • irregular galaxy — a galaxy with no specific form and a relatively low mass.
  • ivyleaf geranium — a geranium plant, pelargonium peltatum, with trailing leaves and white, pink, red, or violet flowers
  • kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
  • kitagawa utamaro — Kitagawa [kee-tah-gah-wah] /ˈki tɑˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.
  • labour agreement — a contract between workers and managers setting out working conditions, wages, etc
  • language barrier — difficulty in communication due to language difference
  • lean-burn engine — an engine designed to use a lean mixture of fuel and air in order to reduce petrol consumption and exhaust emissions
  • 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 gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • lissajous figure — the series of plane curves traced by an object executing two mutually perpendicular harmonic motions.
  • liturgical drama — medieval drama, based on incidents in the Bible and performed in churches on holy days, usually in Latin and often chanted.
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