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14-letter words containing p, l, i, g

  • clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
  • climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
  • copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
  • cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
  • dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • diplomatic bag — A diplomatic bag is a bag or container in which mail is sent to and from foreign embassies. Diplomatic bags are protected by law, so that they are not opened by anyone except the official or embassy they are addressed to.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
  • disk duplexing — (hardware, storage)   A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • double-dipping — the act or practice of receiving more than one income or collecting double benefits from the same employer or organization.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
  • epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
  • epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
  • epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
  • epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
  • epistemologies — Plural form of epistemology.
  • epistemologist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • epizootiologic — relating to epizootiology
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
  • exempli gratia — for the sake of example
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • flight capital — funds transferred abroad in order to avoid high taxes or to provide for a person's needs if flight from the country becomes necessary
  • floating point — a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used especially in computer operations.
  • floating-point — a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used especially in computer operations.
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