14-letter words containing a, g, p
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dynamic typing — (programming) Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
- epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
- epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
- epigrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize.
- epigrammatizer — someone who epigrammatizes
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
- evening prayer — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- 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
- export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
- fine champagne — a high-quality cognac distilled from grapes grown in the Grande Champagne or Petite Champagne vineyards of western France.
- 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
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- flight capital — funds transferred abroad in order to avoid high taxes or to provide for a person's needs if flight from the country becomes necessary
- floating point — a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used especially in computer operations.
- floating-point — a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used especially in computer operations.
- floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galactic plane — the plane of the galactic equator.
- galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.