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14-letter words containing a, n, g, l, e, p

  • grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • 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
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • inland passage — Inside Passage
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
  • la grange park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • lake nipissing — a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)
  • lappet weaving — weaving into which an embroidered pattern produced by additional warp threads has been introduced with the aid of a lappet.
  • lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
  • leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
  • leptomeningeal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • nickel-plating — the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel on a surface, usually by electrolysis
  • nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
  • palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
  • paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
  • paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
  • panel lighting — lighting of a room or building by means of flat sheets of material that glow brightly when a coating of a phosphor is excited by an electrical charge.
  • parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
  • passenger list — register of all travellers on board
  • passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
  • peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
  • peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
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