16-letter words containing o, p, e, n, g, l
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- organ-pipe coral — an alcyonarian coral of the genus Tubipora, occurring in tropical waters, and forming a complex colony of brick-red, vertical tubules joined at intervals by transverse plates.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- osculating plane — the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve.
- overcapitalizing — Present participle of overcapitalize.
- overcomplicating — Present participle of overcomplicate.
- partial ordering — a relation defined on a set, having the properties that each element is in relation to itself, the relation is transitive, and if two elements are in relation to each other, the two elements are equal.
- pelagic division — the biogeographic realm or zone that comprises the open seas and oceans, including water of all depths.
- pelican crossing — place to cross road
- people smuggling — People smuggling or people trafficking is the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally.
- peregrine falcon — a globally distributed falcon, Falco peregrinus, much used in falconry because of its swift flight: several subspecies are endangered.
- personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
- personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
- petrol rationing — a scheme rationing the amount of petrol that an individual is allowed to purchase
- phenomenological — the study of phenomena.
- philoprogenitive — producing offspring, especially abundantly; prolific.
- philosopher king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- philosopher-king — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- picture moulding — the edge around a framed picture
- pigeon guillemot — a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.
- pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
- platoon sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer in a platoon, equivalent to sergeant first class.
- pneumonic plague — a form of plague characterized by lung involvement.
- 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.
- potemkin village — a pretentiously showy or imposing façade intended to mask or divert attention from an embarrassing or shabby fact or condition.
- 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.
- 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
- progressive lens — a multifocal eyeglass lens that provides a continuous range of focal power between near and far distances.
- project planning — project management
- prolonged-action — sustained-release.
- propylene glycol — a colorless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid, C 3 H 8 O, used chiefly as a lubricant, as an antifreeze, as a heat transfer fluid, and as a solvent for fats, oils, waxes, and resins.
- psychotechnology — the body of knowledge, theories, and techniques developed for understanding and influencing individual, group, and societal behavior in specified situations.
- publishing house — a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.
- pull a long face — to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
- pull the plug on — a piece of wood or other material used to stop up a hole or aperture, to fill a gap, or to act as a wedge.
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- selenomorphology — the study of the lunar surface and landscape
- self-proclaiming — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
- self-propagating — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
- shopping complex — a shopping centre
- shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
- shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
- single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.