16-letter words containing a, n, g, l, e
- pigs in blankets — small frankfurters wrapped in dough and baked, served as an appetizer
- pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
- platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- pneumonic plague — a form of plague characterized by lung involvement.
- polarizing angle — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
- polyhedral angle — a configuration consisting of the lateral faces of a polyhedron around one of its vertices. The portion of a pyramid including one of its points is such a configuration.
- potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
- processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
- project planning — project management
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
- puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
- pull a long face — to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
- purple gallinule — a purple, blue, green, and white gallinule, Porphyrula martinica, inhabiting warmer areas of the New World, having a bright red, yellow, and blue bill, and lemon-yellow legs and feet.
- quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- ranelagh gardens — a public garden in Chelsea opened in 1742: a centre for members of fashionable society to meet and promenade. The gardens were closed in 1804
- rattlesnake flag — any of a number of U.S. flags that bear a picture of a rattlesnake and the motto “Don't Tread on Me,” especially those used during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
- reentering angle — an interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180°.
- refracting angle — an angle formed by a ray which is refracted and which is perpendicular to the refracting surface
- regional council — the governing body in certain countries of a particular region or administrative division
- regional ileitis — a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.
- regional network — mid-level network
- regular gasoline — unleaded gasoline or petrol, as for fuelling a vehicle, etc
- relative bearing — the bearing of an object, relative to the heading of a vessel or aircraft.
- releasing factor — a substance usually of hypothalamic origin that triggers the release of a particular hormone from an endocrine gland.
- remedial reading — instruction in reading aimed at increasing speed and comprehension by correcting poor reading habits.
- renewable energy — any naturally occurring, theoretically inexhaustible source of energy, as biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric power, that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- riemann integral — integral (def 8a).
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- rough and tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
- run the gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- scarlet eggplant — a hairy, prickly plant, Solanum integrifolium, of the nightshade family, native to Africa, grown for its furrowed, nearly round, scarlet or yellow ornamental fruit.
- scavenger beetle — any beetle of the mostly aquatic family Hydrophilidae, having clubbed antennae and long palps, and usually feeding on decaying vegetation
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
- seat of learning — People sometimes refer to a university or a similar institution as a seat of learning.
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- self-advertising — the act or practice of calling public attention to one's product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, on billboards, etc.: to get more customers by advertising.
- self-degradation — the act of degrading.