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16-letter words containing g, c, r

  • peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
  • perfecting press — a rotary press for printing both sides of a sheet or web in one operation.
  • permanganic acid — an acid, HMnO 4 , known only in solution.
  • personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
  • phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
  • pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
  • phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
  • photochronograph — a device formerly used for taking a series of instantaneous photographs of a rapidly moving object.
  • photozincography — a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
  • picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
  • pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
  • pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • practice manager — the manager of a business such as a medical practice, dental practice, or legal practice
  • pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
  • prestige pricing — the practice of giving a product a high price to convey the idea that it must be of high quality or status
  • prevenient grace — divine grace operating on the human will prior to its turning to God.
  • process printing — a method of printing almost any color by using a limited number of separate color plates, as yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, in combination.
  • process theology — a form of theology that emphasizes the close relation of human beings, nature, and God.
  • processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • program director — a chief executive responsible for selecting and scheduling programs.
  • programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.
  • project guardian — (project, security)   A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
  • project planning — project management
  • prolonged-action — sustained-release.
  • propylene glycol — a colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid, C 3 H 8 O, used chiefly as a lubricant, as an antifreeze, as a heat transfer fluid, and as a solvent for fats, oils, waxes, and resins.
  • prospect heights — a town in N Illinois.
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
  • purchasing agent — a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • racial profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
  • racing certainty — a horse considered very likely or certain to win a race
  • radiographically — the production of radiographs.
  • railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
  • rancho cucamonga — a city in SE California.
  • rate of exchange — exchange rate.
  • rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
  • rattle so's cage — If someone rattles your cage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.
  • re-chromatograph — to separate and analyse (a mixture of liquids or gases) by means of chromatography a second or further time
  • rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard
  • receiver general — a public official in charge of the government's treasury.
  • reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
  • recorded message — words spoken by someone and recorded electronically in order to be replayed again in future, esp automatically over the phone
  • recording studio — place where music is recorded
  • recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
  • red-necked grebe — a large stocky grebe, Podiceps grisegena, of circumpolar regions having a dark neck: family Podicipedidae
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