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14-letter words containing p, o, i, g, n

  • cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
  • decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • depigmentation — the state of lacking or the process of losing pigmentation, usually of the skin
  • depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
  • depoliticizing — Present participle of depoliticize.
  • diphthongizing — Present participle of diphthongize.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • 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.
  • draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
  • dumping ground — dump (def 17).
  • dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
  • dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • 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.
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
  • 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.
  • fingerpointing — Alternative form of finger-pointing.
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
  • food poisoning — an acute gastrointestinal condition characterized by such symptoms as headache, fever, chills, abdominal and muscular pain, nausea, diarrhea, and prostration, caused by foods that are naturally toxic, as poisonous mushrooms, by vegetable foods that are chemically contaminated, as by insecticides, or by bacteria or their toxins, especially of the genus Salmonella.
  • 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.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • gallinas point — a cape in NE Colombia: the northernmost point of South America
  • galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • 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.
  • gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
  • geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
  • gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic)   (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
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