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16-letter words containing p, i, n, g, u, t

  • purchasing agent — a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
  • reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
  • rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
  • run a tight ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
  • saint petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
  • speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
  • spill one's guts — the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
  • spring mountains — a mountain range in S Nevada extending to the California border. Highest peak, Charleston Peak. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
  • stinging capsule — a nematocyst.
  • sugar plantation — a large area of land where sugar is grown
  • supporting actor — performer: not lead
  • surface-printing — planography.
  • suspending agent — A suspending agent is a liquid in which a solid substance can be held in suspension.
  • sustaining pedal — a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.
  • transalpine gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
  • trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
  • unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
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