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

  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • imparidigitate — having an odd number of fingers on each limb
  • imperial eagle — a brown eagle, Aquila heliaca, of Asia and southern Europe: the subspecies A. heliaca adalberti is endangered.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
  • king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
  • knight templar — Templar.
  • l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • magnetic strip — a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • 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
  • 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).
  • nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
  • operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
  • packet writing — (storage)   A technique for writing CD-Rs and CD-RWs that is more efficient in both disk space used and the time it takes to write the CD.
  • 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)
  • parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
  • parking garage — A parking garage is a building where people can leave their cars.
  • parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
  • parking ticket — written notice of a parking violation
  • paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
  • partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • passenger list — register of all travellers on board
  • 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.
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
  • peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
  • penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
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