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

  • recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • selling plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • selling-plater — a horse that competes in a selling race; an inferior horse.
  • septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
  • sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
  • sigma particle — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • sleeping giant — If you refer to someone or something as a sleeping giant, you mean that they are powerful but they have not yet shown the full extent of their power.
  • speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
  • spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
  • spitting image — spit1 (def 13).
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • starting price — gambling odds
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • sticking place — Also called sticking point. the place or point at which something stops and holds firm.
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
  • training plane — a plane used for training pilots, esp in the military
  • triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
  • trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
  • turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
  • unappetizingly — in an unappetizing manner
  • unappreciating — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
  • upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
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