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14-letter words containing l, o, r, g

  • paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • parapsychology — the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like.
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • 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.
  • photographical — of or relating to photography.
  • phototelegraph — of or relating to phototelegraphy
  • phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
  • 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.
  • planning board — development group
  • 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.
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • 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
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • power struggle — fight to take control
  • pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • primatological — relating to primatology
  • 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.
  • prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
  • propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
  • propitiatingly — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
  • 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
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
  • radiographical — the production of radiographs.
  • radiologically — of or relating to radiology.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
  • 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.
  • rattle through — If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it.
  • razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
  • reamalgamation — the act or process of amalgamating.
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