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

  • dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
  • edgar allan poeEdgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
  • electing a pope — (electronics, humour)   (From the smoke signals given out when the guys in funny hats choose a new Pope) Causing an integrated circuit or other electronic component to emit smoke by passing too much current through it. See magic smoke.
  • enamel painting — the art or process of decorating an object made of metal, porcelain, etc. using enamel paint
  • encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
  • english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
  • english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
  • engraving plate — a metal, usually steel, plate on which an image is engraved in order to be reproduced
  • epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
  • ergatandromorph — an ant with the characteristics of both worker and male
  • evening prayers — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • export earnings — the earnings of a company or country that are generated through the export of goods or services
  • false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
  • family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
  • family planning — the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
  • finger alphabet — a series of shapes made by the fingers that indicate letters of an alphabet and can be used in fingerspelling for the deaf
  • finger painting — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • flange coupling — a driving coupling between rotating shafts that consists of flanges (or half couplings) one of which is fixed at the end of each shaft, the two flanges being bolted together with a ring of bolts to complete the drive
  • flapping router — (networking)   A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
  • floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
  • floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
  • flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
  • flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
  • fore-topgallant — being a sail, yard, or rigging belonging to a fore-topgallant mast.
  • fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
  • french-speaking — able to speak French
  • front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
  • galloping-ghostHarold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
  • gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
  • garrison troops — troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gaspe peninsula — a peninsula in SE Canada, in Quebec province, between New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence River.
  • general paresis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
  • general partner — a partner with unlimited liability for the debts of the partnership.
  • general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • german shepherd — one of a breed of large shepherd dogs having a coat ranging in color from gray to brindled, black-and-tan, or black, used especially in police work and as a guide for the blind.
  • german-speaking — able to speak German
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
  • go up in flames — be burned
  • golden eardrops — a Californian plant, Dicentra chrysantha, of the fumitory family, having bluish-green foliage and branched clusters of yellow flowers.
  • golden pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • good and proper — thoroughly
  • grabber pointer — (operating system)   A mouse pointer sprite in the shape of a small hand that closes when a mouse button is clicked, indicating that the object on the screen under the pointer has been selected.
  • grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
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