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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
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