14-letter words containing g, u, i
- outlet village — a collection of shops or outlets where manufacturers sell their own branded goods, often at discounted prices
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- periodic group — (database) (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
- phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
- plain language — language that is clear and easy to understand, with no ambiguity or unnecessarily difficult words
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- 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.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- 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.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
- 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.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- 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.
- quick thinking — problem-solving in an emergency
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
- quinquelingual — Written in five languages.
- 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.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.