14-letter words containing p, e, i, g, n, o
- freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
- gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
- geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic) (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
- go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
- leptomeningeal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- listening post — Military. a post or position, as in advance of a defensive line, established for the purpose of listening to detect the enemy's movements.
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- lodgepole pine — a tall, narrow, slow-growing coniferous tree, Pinus contorta, of western North America, having egg-shaped cones that remain closed for years.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
- metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- missing person — sb who has disappeared
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- monophthongize — to change into or pronounce as a monophthong.
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket