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14-letter words containing g, a, i, n, e, s

  • pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
  • 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.
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • 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.
  • quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
  • 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.
  • realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
  • reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
  • reregistration — the act of registering.
  • ringneck snake — any of several small, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Diadophis, usually having a conspicuous yellow or orange ring around the neck.
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
  • salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sales planning — the business activity of estimating future sales of products or services and setting sales targets
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • saxe-meiningen — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
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