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15-letter words containing g, r, a, t, o

  • otaheite orange — a small citrus bush, Citrus limonia otaitensis, having fragrant flowers and small orange fruit, often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • out of training — become unfit
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • over-exaggerate — to magnify beyond the limits of truth; overstate; represent disproportionately: to exaggerate the difficulties of a situation.
  • over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overexaggerated — Simple past tense and past participle of overexaggerate.
  • overextravagant — excessively extravagant
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
  • pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
  • phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • photolithograph — Also, photolithoprint [foh-tuh-lith-uh-print] /ˌfoʊ təˈlɪθ əˌprɪnt/ (Show IPA). a lithograph printed from a stone or the like upon which a picture or design has been formed by photography.
  • photomacrograph — a photograph showing a subject at actual size or somewhat larger.
  • photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
  • phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
  • phototopography — topographical surveying employing photogrammetric methods.
  • phototypography — (formerly) the art or technique of making printing surfaces by light or photography, by any of a large number of processes.
  • photoxylography — the process of using photography in order to produce an image on wood, for the use of a wood engraver
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
  • portugal laurel — Prunus lusitanica; type of cherry
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • pre-negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
  • prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • primary storage — main memory
  • pro-integration — an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
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