17-letter words containing p, e, r, g, i
- lexicographically — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lighthouse keeper — a person who mans a lighthouse and makes sure that the light is working properly
- ligurian republic — the republic in NW Italy set up by Napoleon in 1797, incorporated into France in 1805, and united with the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1814.
- literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
- logical operation — Boolean operation.
- malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
- malay archipelago — an extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines.
- manpower planning — a procedure used in organizations to balance future requirements for all levels of employee with the availability of such employees
- massage therapist — sb who gives body rubs
- merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
- mercury poisoning — illness caused by exposure to mercury
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
- micropaleontology — the branch of paleontology dealing with the study of microscopic fossils.
- middle-age spread — an increase in bulk, especially in the waist and buttocks, associated with the onset of middle age and the body's decreasing ability to metabolize calories efficiently.
- midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
- multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
- multiple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of more than one variable and which requires for evaluation repetition of the integration process.
- native frangipani — an Australian evergreen tree, Hymenosporum flavum, with large fragrant yellow flowers: family Pittosporaceae
- negative particle — a word that indicates negativity, for example 'not' in English or 'ne pas' in French
- negative polarity — the grammatical character of a word or phrase, such as ever or any, that may normally be used only in a semantically or syntactically negative or interrogative context
- neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
- neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
- newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
- nitrogen peroxide — the equilibrium mixture of nitrogen dioxide and dinitrogen tetroxide
- non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- non-reciprocating — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- oceanographically — In terms of oceanography.
- old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
- on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
- opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
- operating theatre — An operating theatre is a special room in a hospital where surgeons carry out medical operations.
- organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
- origin of species — (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution.
- pacific tree frog — a common terrestrial frog, Hyla regilla, of western North America, having a dark stripe along each side of the head.
- painted greenling — a greenling, Oxylebius pictus, inhabiting the Pacific coastal waters of North America, having a whitish body marked with black bands.
- paleobiogeography — the study of the distribution of ancient plants and animals and their relation to ancient geographic features.
- paradise regained — an epic poem (1671) by John Milton.
- parking attendant — a person who works for a traffic control agency and who issues tickets for parking violations
- partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
- pascal's triangle — a triangular arrangement of the binomial coefficients of the expansion (x + y) n for positive integral values of n.
- passenger station — a station used by passengers
- passenger traffic — number of passengers
- pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
- pauline privilege — (in canon law) the privilege given to converts to dissolve a marriage with an unbaptized spouse if either obstructs the religious practices of the other.
- perforation gauge — a marked ruler used to measure the number of perforations per unit length along the borders of a stamp.
- permutation group — a mathematical group whose elements are permutations and in which the product of two permutations is the same permutation as is obtained by performing them in succession.
- petit bourgeoisie — The petit bourgeoisie are people in the lower middle class.
- petite bourgeoise — a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.