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

  • 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.
  • 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
  • preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
  • preserving pan — a pan specially designed for preserving fruit
  • 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.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • 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.
  • prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
  • prognosticator — to forecast or predict (something future) from present indications or signs; prophesy.
  • progressionary — relating to progression
  • prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • propitiatingly — to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
  • proto-germanic — the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • rallying point — A rallying point is a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal.
  • 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.).
  • riparian right — a right, as fishing or use of water for irrigation or power, enjoyed by a person who owns riparian property.
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • scorpion grass — either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • 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
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
  • singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
  • sleep learning — the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.
  • sleep-learning — the idea that people can learn things while they are asleep
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • smear campaign — a campaign to tarnish the reputation of a public figure, especially by vilification or innuendo.
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
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