14-letter words containing g, d, p, l
- high-card pool — red dog.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
- inland passage — Inside Passage
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- 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.
- lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
- lodgepole pine — a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
- middle passage — the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
- mind uploading — (application) The science fiction concept of copying one's mind into an artificial body or computer.
- modular prolog — An interpreter for SB-Prolog version 3.1 extended with ML-style modules. Runs on SPARC. Distributed under GNU General Public License.
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- overdeveloping — Present participle of overdevelop.
- overprivileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
- paradigmatical — of or relating to a paradigm.
- parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
- perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
- periodontology — periodontics.
- pidgin english — a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- plagal cadence — a cadence in which the chord of the tonic is preceded by that of the subdominant.
- planning board — development group
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- potbellied pig — a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
- spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
- spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.