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15-letter words containing p, a, n, g, o

  • logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
  • long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
  • lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
  • macrosporangium — megasporangium.
  • magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
  • main-topgallant — the main-topgallantmast, its sail, or its yard.
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
  • measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
  • megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
  • microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
  • microsporangium — a sporangium containing microspores.
  • moo goo gai pan — a dish of sliced chicken stir-fried with button mushrooms and, often, assorted vegetables.
  • morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
  • nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
  • negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
  • negative profit — a financial loss
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
  • nodding pogonia — a rare orchid, Triphora trianthophora, of the eastern U.S., bearing three pink flowers.
  • non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
  • nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
  • opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • opening batsman — a player who bats the first ball in cricket
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • optical tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.
  • opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
  • organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
  • pack one's bags — If you pack your bags, you leave a place where you have been staying or living.
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • palynologically — from a palynological point of view
  • panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
  • pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
  • paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
  • parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
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