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14-letter words containing g, y, p, e

  • perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
  • phytogeography — the science dealing with the geographical relationships of plants.
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • player-manager — In football and some other sports, a player-manager is a person who plays for a team and also manages the team.
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
  • 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
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
  • property right — a legal right to or in a particular property.
  • proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
  • psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
  • pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
  • 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.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • rhyparographer — someone who paints rhyparographic pictures
  • röntgenography — radiography
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
  • spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
  • spending money — money for small personal expenses.
  • spinning jenny — an early spinning machine having more than one spindle, enabling a person to spin a number of yarns simultaneously.
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
  • system program — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
  • tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • to go belly-up — (of a company) to not have enough money to pay its debts
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