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14-letter words containing p, e, r, g, a, m

  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
  • mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metamorphizing — Present participle of metamorphize.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metapragmatics — Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
  • micropegmatite — a rock with a microscopic pegmatitic structure
  • mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
  • morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
  • mpeg-1 layer 3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
  • mpeg-4 aac ssr — MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding Scalable Sampling Rate
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • object program — a computer program translated from the equivalent source program into machine language by the compiler or assembler
  • on the rampage — behaving violently or destructively
  • operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
  • overprogrammed — characterized by overprogramming
  • page mode dram — Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
  • panamint range — mountain range in SE Calif., forming the W rim of Death Valley: highest peak, 11,045 ft (3,367 m)
  • parent message — (messaging)   What a followup follows up.
  • paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
  • passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
  • photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
  • plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
  • player-manager — In football and some other sports, a player-manager is a person who plays for a team and also manages the team.
  • plea agreement — an agreement between the prosecution and defence, sometimes including the judge, in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for more serious charges being dropped
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
  • prearrangement — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
  • premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
  • preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
  • printing frame — a shallow, boxlike device with a glass plate on one side and an opaque, removable back, for holding a negative firmly against printing paper in contact printing.
  • pro-management — the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • programme note — A programme note is an article written in a programme for a play or concert, which gives information about the performance or production.
  • proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
  • proxy marriage — a marriage performed between one of the two contracting parties and a proxy who has been authorized to represent the other.
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • pygmy marmoset — a related form, Cebuella pygmaea: the smallest monkey, inhabiting tropical forests of the Amazon
  • pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
  • reprogrammable — capable of being programmed.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
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