14-letter words containing p, o, g, r
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- 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
- export manager — a person who is responsible for running the export department of a business organization
- fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
- 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
- floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
- foot passenger — sb travelling on a boat without a car
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- freezing point — the temperature at which a liquid freezes: The freezing point of water is 32°F, 0°C.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
- george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
- glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
- glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
- go pear-shaped — If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- grappling iron — a grapnel.
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- grid capacitor — a capacitor connected in series with the grid.
- groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.