14-letter words containing n, a, g, p, r
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
- operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
- packet writing — (storage) A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
- panamint range — mountain range in SE Calif., forming the W rim of Death Valley: highest peak, 11,045 ft (3,367 m)
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- pantopragmatic — a busybody; someone who interferes with everything
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- parent message — (messaging) What a followup follows up.
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- parking garage — A parking garage is a building where people can leave their cars.
- parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
- parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
- parking ticket — written notice of a parking violation
- 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
- passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
- passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
- passenger seat — vehicle: chair next to the driver
- passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
- passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
- pay bargaining — negotiating concerning salary or pay
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
- peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
- phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pin grid array — (hardware) (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
- pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- planning board — development group
- player-manager — In football and some other sports, a player-manager is a person who plays for a team and also manages the team.
- plea agreement — an agreement between the prosecution and defence, sometimes including the judge, in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for more serious charges being dropped
- pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem