19-letter words containing p, a, i, g, n, t
- old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
- operational testing — (testing) A US DoD term for testing performed by the end-user on software in its normal operating environment.
- orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
- paleoanthropologist — the study of the origins and predecessors of the present human species, using fossils and other remains.
- parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
- parliamentary agent — (in Britain) a person who is employed to manage the parliamentary business of a private group
- parthenogenetically — development of an egg without fertilization.
- particle technology — Particle technology is knowledge and study which relates to particles, and is used in industry.
- particular negative — a proposition of the form “Some S is not P.” Symbol: O.
- parting of the ways — When there is a parting of the ways, two or more people or groups of people stop working together or travelling together.
- pastoral counseling — the use of psychotherapeutic techniques by trained members of the clergy to assist parishioners who seek help for personal or emotional problems.
- patent infringement — breach of copyright
- pattern recognition — the automated identification of shapes or forms or patterns of speech.
- peak listening time — the time at which the highest numbers of audiences are listening to the radio
- pecuniary advantage — financial advantage that is dishonestly obtained by deception and that constitutes a criminal offence
- pedestrian crossing — place to cross road
- persian gulf states — group of Arab sheikdoms along the Persian Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, & United Arab Emirates
- photodisintegration — the disintegration of a nucleus, induced by its absorption of a photon.
- piggyback investing — Piggyback investing is a situation in which a broker repeats a trade on his own behalf immediately after trading for an investor, because he thinks the investor may have inside information.
- pneumatic conveying — Pneumatic conveying is the movement of powdered or granulated solids using air.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- point the finger at — to accuse or blame
- popular sovereignty — the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
- population genetics — the branch of genetics concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations.
- portuguese-speaking — being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language
- postage and packing — the cost of packing and mailing an item bought by post
- postal savings bank — any of the savings banks formerly operated by local post offices and limited to small accounts.
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
- prescription charge — a charge, set by the government, to be paid by a patient for medicines
- propositional logic — (logic) (or "propositional calculus") A system of symbolic logic using symbols to stand for whole propositions and logical connectives. Propositional logic only considers whether a proposition is true or false. In contrast to predicate logic, it does not consider the internal structure of propositions.
- psychotechnological — of or relating to psychotechnology
- put a figure on sth — When you put a figure on an amount, you say exactly how much it is.
- respiratory pigment — any of several colored protein substances, as hemoglobin and hemocyanin, in the circulatory system of animals and some plants, that combine reversibly with oxygen that is carried to the tissues
- ring up the curtain — to begin a theatrical performance
- secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
- separation negative — Photography. a black-and-white negative of one of the additive primary colors used to form a color image.
- sexual stereotyping — the formation or promotion of a fixed general idea or image of how men and women will behave
- shipping department — a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording, and sending shipments of goods
- shoestring potatoes — potatoes cut into long, very narrow strips and fried crisp in deep fat
- shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
- slugging percentage — a number expressing a player's average effectiveness in making extra-base hits, calculated by dividing the total number of bases (from all singles, doubles, triples, and home runs) by the number of official at bats
- smite hip and thigh — to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- social anthropology — study of human culture
- spaghetti bolognese — Italian dish of pasta and tomato sauce
- speaking in tongues — a form of glossolalia in which a person experiencing religious ecstasy utters incomprehensible sounds that the speaker believes are a language spoken through him or her by a deity.
- spider-hunting wasp — any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
- splinterproof glass — glass that is designed not to form sharp splinters should it be shattered
- standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
- streaming potential — the potential produced in the walls of a porous membrane or a capillary tube by forcing a liquid through it.