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14-letter words containing e, g, r, s

  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
  • power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
  • power struggle — fight to take control
  • prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • pre-teenager's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
  • prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
  • press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
  • press clipping — clipping (def 2).
  • pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
  • pressure gauge — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or liquid.
  • pressure group — an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.
  • pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • printing press — a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • progressionism — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • 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.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • 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 .
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
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