15-letter words containing g, r, i, p
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
- offset printing — offset (def 6).
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- over-performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- over-privileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
- paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- paroemiographer — a person who writes or collects proverbs
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger train — railway train that carries people
- patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
- patent engineer — a person who draws up applications for patents
- 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.
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- 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
- petit bourgeois — a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- pharmacological — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- 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
- phonocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a phonocardiograph.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- 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.
- photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- picture writing — the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion