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14-letter words containing g, r, p

  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
  • emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
  • epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
  • epigrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize.
  • epigrammatizer — someone who epigrammatizes
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
  • evening prayer — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
  • exempli gratia — for the sake of example
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
  • fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
  • fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
  • fingerprinting — Present participle of fingerprint.
  • fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
  • fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
  • flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
  • foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
  • foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
  • freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
  • frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
  • g-strophanthin — ouabain.
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
  • general public — people in general
  • generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
  • generic markup — (text)   In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • genre painting — a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
  • geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
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