14-letter words containing p, i, n, g, e, r
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- pierian spring — a fountain in Pieria, sacred to the Muses and supposedly conferring inspiration or learning on anyone who drank from it.
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- 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-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- 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
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
- preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
- press briefing — a meeting called by an organization, government, etc, to inform the press of something
- press clipping — clipping (def 2).
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- printing error — a misprint or misspelling in a text
- 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 house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- printing paper — sensitized paper for printing positives.
- printing press — a machine, as a cylinder press or rotary press, for printing on paper or the like from type, plates, etc.
- processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
- profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- progressionary — relating to progression
- progressionism — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
- progressionist — a person who believes in progress, as of humankind or society.
- propjet engine — turbo-propeller engine.
- proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).