17-letter words containing p, a, g, o
- come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- communication gap — a lack of communication
- compensated grade — a grade that has been reduced along a curve to offset the additional resistance due to the curve.
- complex conjugate — the complex number whose imaginary part is the negative of that of a given complex number, the real parts of both numbers being equal
- complex-conjugate — one of a group of conjugate words.
- computer graphics — the use of a computer to produce and manipulate pictorial images on a video screen, as in animation techniques or the production of audiovisual aids
- computer language — programming language
- consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
- contracting party — a person, company, etc, entering into a legal contract
- corporate village — an area close to the workplace where many everyday facilities are provided for a company's workers
- counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
- counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
- cryptoclimatology — See under microclimatology.
- cryptographically — In a cryptographic manner; using cryptography; for cryptographic purposes.
- cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- development grant — a grant awarded, esp by a government, to a person or company in order to fund the development of a new product
- dialect geography — linguistic geography
- digital audiotape — a cassette containing magnetic tape used for high-fidelity digital recording or playback of audio. Abbreviation: DAT.
- digital footprint — one's unique set of digital activities, actions, and communications that leave a data trace on the Internet or on a computer or other digital device and can identify the particular user or device: Our online browsing habits are part of our passive digital footprint, created without our consent or knowledge, but our active digital footprint, especially on social media, can more easily be managed. Compare footprint (def 4).
- dog and pony show — an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.
- drilling platform — a structure, either fixed to the sea bed or mobile, which supports the machinery and equipment (the drilling rig), together with the stores, required for digging an offshore oil well
- echocardiographer — A person who performs echocardiography.
- echocardiographic — Of or pertaining to echocardiography.
- echoencephalogram — a graphic record produced by an echoencephalograph.
- ectopic pregnancy — the development of a fertilized ovum outside the uterus, as in a Fallopian tube.
- election campaign — efforts to promote party or candidate to voters
- electromyographic — Using electromyography.
- employment agency — company: finds jobs
- enlarged prostate — disorder of male reproductive gland
- epicycloidal gear — a gear of an epicyclic train
- epidemiologically — With regard to epidemiology.
- epistemologically — In a manner that pertains to epistemology.
- ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
- falling diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of the two apparent vocalic elements is of greater stress or sonority and the second is of lesser stress or sonority, as in (ī), (ou), (oi), etc.
- fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
- fingerling potato — a finger-shaped potato
- fitness programme — a plan to help someone improve their health and physical condition
- flash photography — photography using a momentary flash of artificial light as a source of illumination.
- flight of capital — When people lose confidence in a particular economy or market and withdraw their investment from it, you can refer to a flight of capital from that economy or market.
- full linear group — the group of all nonsingular linear transformations mapping a finite-dimensional vector space into itself.
- galapagos islands — a group of 15 islands in the Pacific west of Ecuador, of which they form a province: discovered (1535) by the Spanish; main settlement on San Cristóbal. Pop: 18 640 (2001). Area: 7844 sq km (3028 sq miles)
- garage proprietor — a person who owns a commercial establishment in which motor vehicles are repaired, serviced, bought, and sold
- garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
- gas chromatograph — a chromatograph used for the separation of volatile substances.
- geographical mile — nautical mile.
- get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
- go back to the pa — to abandon city life in favour of rural life
- go on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.