14-letter words containing g, r, t
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- photographical — of or relating to photography.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- phototelegraph — of or relating to phototelegraphy
- phytogeography — the science dealing with the geographical relationships of plants.
- piece together — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pigging string — (in rodeo calf roping) a short length of rope used to bind a calf's legs after it is lassoed.
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- plea agreement — an agreement between the prosecution and defence, sometimes including the judge, in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for more serious charges being dropped
- pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- plough through — If you plough through something such as a large meal or a long piece of work, you finally finish it although it takes a lot of effort.
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- potty training — teaching an infant to use the toilet
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- power struggle — fight to take control
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- praying mantis — mantis.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- pre-teenager's — Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
- prearrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- pregnancy test — diagnostic kit for determining pregnancy
- prenegotiation — taking place before a formal negotiation
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- 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.