14-letter words containing g, r, i, s, a
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- 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-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.
- 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
- propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- 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.
- psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- radiodiagnosis — diagnosis by means of radiography or radioscopy.
- rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- ramos gin fizz — a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
- random testing — (programming, testing) A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
- razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
- re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
- reregistration — the act of registering.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- riggs' disease — pyorrhea (def 2).
- ringneck snake — any of several small, nonvenomous North American snakes of the genus Diadophis, usually having a conspicuous yellow or orange ring around the neck.
- roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- running casing — Running casing is the process of screwing together pieces of pipe on a rig floor and lowering them into a hole.
- rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- saigo takamori — 1828–77, Japanese samurai, who led (1868) the coup that restored imperial government. In 1877 he reluctantly led a samurai rebellion, committing suicide when it failed