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15-letter words containing i, n, a, t, g

  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • optical tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.
  • ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
  • origination fee — a fee charged by a lender for evaluating and processing a loan application, usually a percentage of the face value of the loan.
  • otaheite orange — a small citrus bush, Citrus limonia otaitensis, having fragrant flowers and small orange fruit, often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • out of training — become unfit
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • over-irrigation — the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overimaginative — imaginative to a fault
  • oxidizing agent — a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
  • packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
  • painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • passenger train — railway train that carries people
  • patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
  • patent engineer — a person who draws up applications for patents
  • pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
  • pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
  • perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
  • performing arts — dance, drama, music
  • phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
  • phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
  • phytopathogenic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phytopathogen
  • picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
  • piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pituitary gland — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • planning blight — the harmful effects of uncertainty about likely restrictions on the types and extent of future development in a particular area on the quality of life of its inhabitants and the normal growth of its business and community enterprises
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • polling station — voting venue
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
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