14-letter words containing e, i, g, n, s, p
- king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
- l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
- lake nipissing — a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)
- lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- listening post — Military. a post or position, as in advance of a defensive line, established for the purpose of listening to detect the enemy's movements.
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- missing person — sb who has disappeared
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
- 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.
- parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
- passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
- passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- pidgin english — a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.
- piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
- piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
- plain speaking — expressing oneself directly
- 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.
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- 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
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- 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.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.