14-letter words containing g, r, i, p
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- prenegotiation — taking place before a formal negotiation
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
- preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
- press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
- press clipping — clipping (def 2).
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
- primatological — relating to primatology
- printing error — a misprint or misspelling in a text
- printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- printing paper — sensitized paper for printing positives.
- printing press — a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
- printing works — an establishment in which printing is carried out
- priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
- progressionary — relating to progression
- progressionism — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
- progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
- progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
- prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- property right — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- propitiatingly — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- propjet engine — turbo-propeller engine.
- protistologist — a student of, or expert in, protistology
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- protogeometric — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece chiefly during the 10th century b.c. and characterized by use of abstract geometrical motifs.
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography