16-letter words containing n, g, a, r
- phonocardiograph — an instrument for graphically recording the sound of the heartbeat.
- photochronograph — a device formerly used for taking a series of instantaneous photographs of a rapidly moving object.
- photozincography — a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
- plant bargaining — a form of bargaining within industry, involving either informal small groups of employees or collective agreements at plant level
- platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
- polarizing angle — the law that light will receive maximum polarization from a reflecting surface when it is incident to the surface at an angle (angle of polarization or polarizing angle) having a tangent equal to the index of refraction of the surface.
- polyhedral angle — a configuration consisting of the lateral faces of a polyhedron around one of its vertices. The portion of a pyramid including one of its points is such a configuration.
- pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
- portuguese india — a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Capital: Gôa.
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- practice manager — the manager of a business such as a medical practice, dental practice, or legal practice
- praetorian guard — the bodyguard of a military commander, especially the imperial guard stationed in Rome.
- pre-registration — the act of registering.
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- prestidigitation — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- preunderstanding — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
- prevenient grace — divine grace operating on the human will prior to its turning to God.
- private judgment — personal opinion formed independently of the expressed position of an institution, as in matters of religion or politics.
- private language — a language that is not merely secret or accidentally limited to one user, but that cannot in principle be communicated to another
- processing plant — a factory where raw materials are treated or prepared by a special method, esp one where food is treated in order to preserve it
- prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
- progress payment — an instalment of a larger payment made to a contractor for work carried out up to a specified stage of the job
- project guardian — (project, security) A project which grew out of the ARPA support for Multics and the sale of Multics systems to the US Air Force. The USAF wanted a system that could be used to handle more than one security classification of data at a time. They contracted with Honeywell and MITRE Corporation to figure out how to do this. Project Guardian led to the creation of the Access Isolation Mechanism, the forerunner of the B2 labeling and star property support in Multics. The DoD Orange Book was influenced by the experience in building secure systems gained in Project Guardian.
- project planning — project management
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- proposal writing — Extension of Fortran for proposal writing.
- proto-algonquian — the unattested parent language from which the Algonquian languages are descended.
- provost sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a prison or other confinement facility whose chief duty is the supervision of prisoners and of the military police unit.
- puddling-furnace — the act of a person or thing that puddles.
- purchasing agent — a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
- purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- purple gallinule — a purple, blue, green, and white gallinule, Porphyrula martinica, inhabiting warmer areas of the New World, having a bright red, yellow, and blue bill, and lemon-yellow legs and feet.
- put a foot wrong — to make a mistake
- quasi-managerial — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- queen maud range — a mountain range in Antarctica, in Ross Dependency, S of the Ross Sea.
- quinquagenarians — Plural form of quinquagenarian.
- racial profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
- racing certainty — a horse considered very likely or certain to win a race
- radio evangelist — a Christian minister who devotes time to preaching on the radio
- radio-phonograph — a radio and phonograph combined in one unit and sharing some components, as the amplifier and speaker(s)
- rag-and-bone man — a peddler who buys and sells used clothes, rags, etc.; junkman.
- rancho cucamonga — a city in SE California.
- ranelagh gardens — a public garden in Chelsea opened in 1742: a centre for members of fashionable society to meet and promenade. The gardens were closed in 1804
- rate of exchange — exchange rate.
- rating community — an online community based around a website that allows members to rate each other's photographs, qualifications, etc, as well as those of applicants, and which only those approved by existing members are allowed to join
- rattlesnake flag — any of a number of U.S. flags that bear a picture of a rattlesnake and the motto “Don't Tread on Me,” especially those used during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
- reading material — any matter that can be read; written or printed text
- rearguard action — an action fought by a rearguard