14-letter words containing n, e, g, o, c
- overcommitting — Present participle of overcommit.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- phenologically — in a phenological manner
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- planetological — involving or relating to planetology
- popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
- post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- proto-oncogene — a normally present gene that appears to have a role in the regulation of normal cell growth, but that is converted to an oncogene by mutation.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- raking cornice — either of two straight, sloping cornices on a pediment following or suggesting the slopes of a roof.
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- record changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- record-changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- regasification — Regasification is the process of returning LNG to its gaseous state.
- retrocognition — the paranormal ability or occurrence of seeing into the past
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- roentgenoscope — a fluoroscope.
- rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
- rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- screen goddess — a film actress who is adored or idealized, esp by men
- screen popping — (communications) The use of CTI to make customer data appear on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred.
- screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- 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).
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
- self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.