14-letter words containing g, e, t, o
- overexaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
- overgenerosity — the quality of being too generous
- overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
- oyster farming — the activity of cultivating oysters for food or pearls
- painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- patch together — assemble roughly
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- photogeologist — a person who studies or has a profession in photogeology
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- phototelegraph — of or relating to phototelegraphy
- phytogeography — the science dealing with the geographical relationships of plants.
- piece of eight — peso (def 4).
- piece together — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- planetological — involving or relating to planetology
- pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- 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.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college