14-letter words containing n, a, y, g
- 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.
- 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.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- potty training — teaching an infant to use the toilet
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- praying mantis — mantis.
- 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
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- progressionary — relating to progression
- propitiatingly — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- pyongyangology — the study and analysis of the policies and practices of the North Korean communist regime
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
- railway engine — a self-propelled engine used for drawing or pushing trains along railway tracks; locomotive
- 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.
- rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- relay language — a language, usually an internationally dominant one, which acts as a medium to translate other usually little-spoken languages
- röntgenography — radiography
- royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
- sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
- shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
- sivananda yoga — a gentle form of yoga which concentrates on breathing control, stretching, and silent meditation
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- stagflationary — of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
- stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
- stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
- stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
- storming party — a group deployed to make the first assault on a position or building
- strange to say — surprisingly
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed