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14-letter words containing a, g, i, t, p, r

  • exempli gratia — for the sake of example
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
  • g-strophanthin — ouabain.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
  • generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • genre painting — a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
  • geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
  • gilbert pattenGilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
  • grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
  • graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
  • graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
  • great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
  • grid capacitor — a capacitor connected in series with the grid.
  • group practice — Also called group medicine. the practice of medicine by an association of physicians and other health professionals who work together, usually in one suite of offices.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
  • imaginary part — the coefficient b in the complex number a + bi.
  • imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms
  • lipogrammatist — a person who writes lipograms
  • lithographical — Of or pertaining to lithography.
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
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