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16-letter words containing e, a, g, l, r

  • orange marmalade — preserve made from oranges
  • organ-pipe coral — an alcyonarian coral of the genus Tubipora, occurring in tropical waters, and forming a complex colony of brick-red, vertical tubules joined at intervals by transverse plates.
  • organized labour — labour carried out by workers in trade unions, or the workers themselves
  • organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
  • osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
  • overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
  • overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
  • parallel parking — parking along curb in line with other vehicles
  • parallel sailing — sailing along a parallel of latitude.
  • parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
  • partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
  • pelican crossing — place to cross road
  • peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
  • personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
  • personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
  • petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
  • philip r. bagley — (person)   A pioneer of computer document retrieval. See metadata.
  • platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
  • pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
  • 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.
  • portrait gallery — a gallery where pictures are displayed
  • 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
  • privileged altar — an altar at which a plenary indulgence for a departed soul may be granted upon celebration of a Mass.
  • 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
  • programme seller — someone who sells written or printed lists of the events, performers, etc, in a theatre performance
  • project planning — project management
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • 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
  • railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
  • 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
  • rattle so's cage — If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
  • 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.
  • religious leader — head of a church or order
  • remedial reading — instruction in reading aimed at increasing speed and comprehension by correcting poor reading habits.
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