14-letter words containing e, a, g, l, s, t
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.
- osteologically — Concerning only the osteological aspects.
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- planning stage — the stage of a project when it is still being planned
- planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
- pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
- position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
- semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- seyfert galaxy — one of a group of spiral galaxies with compact, bright nuclei having characteristically broad emission lines suggestive of very hot gases in violent motion at the center.
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.