15-letter words containing g, p
- a cracking pace — If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly.
- a pig in a poke — something bought or received without prior sight or knowledge
- absorption edge — a discontinuity in the graph of the absorption coefficient of a substance plotted against the wavelength of x-rays being absorbed, representing the minimum energy necessary to free electrons from particular shells of the atoms of the substance.
- accepting house — a financial institution that guarantees a bill of exchange, as a result of which it can be discounted on more favourable terms
- actinopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Actinopterygii, a group of bony fishes.
- action painting — a development of abstract expressionism evolved in the 1940s, characterized by broad vigorous brush strokes and accidental effects of thrown, smeared, dripped, or spattered paint
- adjective group — An adjective group or adjectival group is a group of words based on an adjective, such as 'very nice' or 'interested in football'. An adjective group can also consist simply of an adjective.
- adoption agency — an agency that matches children needing adoption with people willing to adopt
- adygei republic — a constituent republic of SW Russia, bordering on the Caucasus Mountains: chiefly agricultural but with some mineral resources. Capital: Maikop. Pop: 447 000 (2002). Area: 7600 sq km (2934 sq miles)
- aegyptopithecus — a genus of extinct anthropoid ape of the Oligocene Period known from remains found in Egypt.
- aerial pingpong — Australian Rules football
- age-appropriate — Something that is age-appropriate is suitable for the age that a person is.
- airing cupboard — In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.
- algaroth powder — antimony oxychloride.
- algerian stripe — a fabric woven with alternate stripes of coarse cotton and silk, usually cream-colored.
- alpha and omega — the first and last, a phrase used in Revelation 1:8 to signify God's eternity
- alpha geminorum — Castor
- analog computer — a mechanical, electrical, or electronic computer that performs arithmetical operations by using some variable physical quantity, such as mechanical movement or voltage, to represent numbers
- anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
- andrographolide — (organic compound) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers.
- angel's-trumpet — any of several plants belonging to the genera Brugmansia and Datura, of the nightshade family, having large, trumpet-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- angiomyolipomas — Plural form of angiomyolipoma.
- angle of repose — the maximum angle to the horizontal at which rocks, soil, etc, will remain without sliding
- anthropobiology — the biological study of the human species
- anthropogenesis — the study of the origins of man
- anthropological — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthropologists — Plural form of anthropologist.
- anthropophagite — a cannibal
- anthropophagous — Who practices anthropophagy.
- anti-pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
- antiprogressive — opposed to or acting against progression in society
- antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
- apophthegmatise — to speak in apophthegms
- apophthegmatist — a person who creates apophthegms
- apophthegmatize — to use apophthegms
- approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
- approval rating — approval of a politician as shown by opinion polls
- armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
- asset-stripping — If a person or company is involved in asset-stripping, they buy companies cheaply, sell off their assets to make a profit, and then close the companies down.
- assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
- astrophotograph — a photograph of the heavenly bodies
- autobiographers — Plural form of autobiographer.
- autobiographies — Plural form of autobiography.
- autolithography — a lithographic technique by which the artist draws or traces with a brush and pen directly on a stone or plate.
- autoradiographs — Plural form of autoradiograph.
- autoradiography — the technique or process of making autoradiographs.
- away-going crop — a crop planted by a tenant that matures after the expiration of the tenancy and is rightfully the tenant's to harvest.
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
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