15-letter words containing a, n, g, l, e, p
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
- pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
- pilsner glass's — a pale, light lager beer.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- plant agreement — a collective agreement at plant level within industry
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- plea bargaining — pleading guilty to a lesser charge
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
- range paralysis — Marek's disease.
- recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
- relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
- rendering plant — a factory where waste products and livestock carcasses are converted into industrial fats and oils (such as tallow, used to make soap) and other products (such as fertilizer)
- sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
- singapore sling — a cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, sugar, and water.
- slab plastering — coarse plastering, as between the studs in a half-timbered wall.
- sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
- sleeping tablet — A sleeping tablet is the same as a sleeping pill.
- snapping beetle — click beetle.
- snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
- social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
- sparkling water — soda water (def 1).
- spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spring-cleaning — a complete cleaning of a place, as a home, done traditionally in the spring of the year.
- take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- telegraph plant — a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day