16-letter words containing l, a, h, g
- geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
- geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
- geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
- 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.
- glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
- glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
- go to any length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
- gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
- gold-headed cane — a long thin stick with a curved or round top made of gold
- golden handcuffs — payments deferred over a number of years that induce a person to stay with a particular company or in a particular job
- golden handshake — a special incentive, as generous severance pay, given to an older employee as an inducement to elect early retirement.
- 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.
- grape phylloxera — See under phylloxera.
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- grasp the nettle — If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
- great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
- great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
- great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
- grenade launcher — a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle, permitting the firing of rifle grenades.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
- hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
- hardrock geology — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hebbian learning — (artificial intelligence) The most common way to train a neural network; a kind of unsupervised learning; named after canadian neuropsychologist, Donald O. Hebb. The algorithm is based on Hebb's Postulate, which states that where one cell's firing repeatedly contributes to the firing of another cell, the magnitude of this contribution will tend to increase gradually with time. This means that what may start as little more than a coincidental relationship between the firing of two nearby neurons becomes strongly causal. Despite limitations with Hebbian learning, e.g., the inability to learn certain patterns, variations such as Signal Hebbian Learning and Differential Hebbian Learning are still used.
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- heralds' college — a royal corporation in England, instituted in 1483, concerned chiefly with armorial bearings, genealogies, honors, and precedence.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- hesselman engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a spark for ignition.
- hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
- high-level waste — radioactive waste material, such as spent nuclear fuel initially having a high activity and thus needing constant cooling for several decades by its producers before it can be reprocessed or treated
- high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
- histopathologist — A person involved in histopathology.
- holographic will — a will that is entirely in the handwriting of the testator: in some states recognized as valid without the attestation of witnesses.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
- horary astrology — a method through which the answer to a question is sought by casting and interpreting a horoscope for the precise moment one learns of an event, problem, career opportunity, etc.
- horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
- hot stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
- hot-stove league — devotees of a sport, especially baseball, who meet for off-season talks.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- hydraulic mining — placer mining using a pressurized stream of water.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.