14-letter words containing p, i, a, g, e, t
- micropegmatite — a rock with a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- negative space — shape of space around an object
- nickel-plating — the process of depositing a thin layer of nickel on a surface, usually by electrolysis
- opening gambit — a preliminary or opening tactic
- 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.
- painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- paleoecologist — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.
- paleomagnetism — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- paleontologist — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- 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)
- panel lighting — lighting of a room or building by means of flat sheets of material that glow brightly when a coating of a phosphor is excited by an electrical charge.
- parking ticket — written notice of a parking violation
- 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
- pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- planetological — involving or relating to planetology
- planning stage — the stage of a project when it is still being planned
- planta genista — a representation of a sprig of broom: used as a badge of the Plantagenets.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- position angle — the direction in which one object lies relative to another on the celestial sphere, measured in degrees from north in an easterly direction
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- postcollegiate — denoting something that takes place after college or among those that are no longer at college
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- prenegotiation — taking place before a formal negotiation
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- 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.
- printing paper — sensitized paper for printing positives.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.