19-letter words containing p, e, r, g, a
- kellogg-briand pact — a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- landscape gardening — the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.
- load-bearing printf — (programming, humour) The kind of bug present in a program which works correctly when producing debug output but fails when the debugging is turned off. The expression combines load-bearing wall and printf as used in debugging by printf.
- magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.
- magnetic tape drive — (storage) (Or "tape drive") A peripheral device that reads and writes magnetic tape.
- make a pig's ear of — to ruin disastrously
- megabits per second — (unit) (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps.
- metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
- napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
- neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
- nonproprietary drug — A nonproprietary drug is a generic drug that is essentially similar to a drug with a brand name.
- 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
- orthopaedic surgery — 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.
- parallel processing — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- 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.
- passenger enquiries — enquiries from passengers to a transport company such as a railway or airline
- 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.
- paumotu archipelago — Tuamotu Archipelago.
- pecuniary advantage — financial advantage that is dishonestly obtained by deception and that constitutes a criminal offence
- pedestrian crossing — place to cross road
- pen-and-ink drawing — a drawing that is done using a pen rather than a pencil
- performance figures — the statistics that indicate how well or badly a company or organization has performed
- performance targets — the expected or predicted success level of an individual, company or organization
- persian gulf states — group of Arab sheikdoms along the Persian Gulf: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, & United Arab Emirates
- personal belongings — possessions; things that belong to someone
- photodisintegration — the disintegration of a nucleus, induced by its absorption of a photon.
- photographic memory — total recall
- physical addressing — (networking) The low level addressing scheme used on Ethernet. The 48-bit destination Ethernet address in a packet is compared with the receiving node's Ethernet address. Compare IP address.
- pilgrimage of grace — a rebellion in 1536 in N England against the Reformation and Henry VIII's government
- planning permission — In Britain, planning permission is official permission that you must get from the local authority before building something new or adding something to an existing building.
- play to the gallery — a raised area, often having a stepped or sloping floor, in a theater, church, or other public building to accommodate spectators, exhibits, etc.
- pneumoencephalogram — an encephalogram made after the replacement of the cerebrospinal fluid by air or gas, rarely used since the development of the CAT scanner.
- pneumogastric nerve — the vagus nerve.
- point the finger at — to accuse or blame
- political geography — the branch of human geography that deals with the relationship between political processes and spatial structures (regions, territories, etc)
- 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.
- portuguese-speaking — being a speaker of Portuguese; having Portuguese as the national language
- preferential voting — a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.
- preliminary hearing — initial court session