14-letter words containing g, c, r
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- parking ticket — written notice of a parking violation
- pascal's wager — the argument put forth by Blaise Pascal that it is in one's best interest to believe in the existence of God, as it is a rational assumption and does no harm, and the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage of believing otherwise.
- passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
- patch together — assemble roughly
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- periodic group — (database) (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
- photographical — of or relating to photography.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- piece together — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
- 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.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- press clipping — clipping (def 2).
- primatological — relating to primatology
- 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
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- proto-oncogene — a normally present gene that appears to have a role in the regulation of normal cell growth, but that is converted to an oncogene by mutation.
- protogeometric — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- radiologically — of or relating to radiology.
- 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.
- raking cornice — either of two straight, sloping cornices on a pediment following or suggesting the slopes of a roof.
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce