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14-letter words containing g, r, t

  • 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.
  • pro-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
  • 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.
  • programme note — A programme note is an article written in a programme for a play or concert, which gives information about the performance or production.
  • progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
  • progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
  • 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.
  • prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
  • protistologist — a student of, or expert in, protistology
  • proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
  • proto-oncogene — a normally present gene that appears to have a role in the regulation of normal cell growth, but that is converted to an oncogene by mutation.
  • 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.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
  • pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
  • pyrophotograph — a photograph produced by a burning process, such as on glass or porcelain
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
  • quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
  • quintus prolog — (language, product)   A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
  • quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
  • racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
  • radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
  • radioautograph — autoradiograph.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • 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.
  • rallying point — A rallying point is a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal.
  • rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
  • 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.
  • rangatiratanga — the condition of being a Māori chief; sovereignty
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