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14-letter words containing a, p, e, r, i

  • 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
  • geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • 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.
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
  • 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 design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • group marriage — (among primitive peoples) a form of marriage in which a group of males is united with a group of females to form a single conjugal unit.
  • 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.
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
  • headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • hephthemimeral — of or relating to a hephthemimer
  • heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
  • hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
  • hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • hierographical — hierographic
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
  • hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperaesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
  • hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
  • hyperbarically — in a hyperbaric manner
  • hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
  • hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • hypercalcaemia — a heightened level of calcium in the blood
  • hypercalcaemic — of or relating to hypercalcaemia
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