14-letter words containing a, s, t, i, g
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college
- postganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- praying mantis — mantis.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
- reregistration — the act of registering.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sagging moment — a bending moment that produces concave bending at the middle of a simple supported beam
- saigo takamori — 1828–77, Japanese samurai, who led (1868) the coup that restored imperial government. In 1877 he reluctantly led a samurai rebellion, committing suicide when it failed
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sales register — a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.
- salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate