14-letter words containing p, r, e, i, n, g
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- 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.).
- reprovisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- retrocomputing — /ret'-roh-k*m-pyoo'ting/ Refers to emulations of way-behind-the-state-of-the-art hardware or software, or implementations of never-was-state-of-the-art; especially if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and/or parodies, written mostly for hack value, of more "serious" designs. Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the "pnch(6)" or "bcd(6)" program on V7 and other early Unix versions, which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code. Other well-known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL, a JCL-emulating shell for Unix, the card-punch-emulating editor named 029, and various elaborate PDP-11 hardware emulators and RT-11 OS emulators written just to keep an old, sourceless Zork binary running.
- rite of spring — French Le Sacre du Printemps. a ballet suite (1913) for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky.
- route flapping — flapping router
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- screen popping — (communications) The use of CTI to make customer data appear on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred.
- 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.
- serpentiningly — in a winding or sinuous manner
- sewing pattern — a guide or diagram that you follow to make clothes or other things using a needle and thread
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
- shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
- single premium — a single payment that covers the entire cost of an insurance policy.
- sitting pretty — (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
- 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 berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- 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.
- sparkling wine — a wine that is naturally carbonated by a second fermentation.
- speaking terms — if you are on speaking terms with someone, you are quite friendly with them and often talk to them
- spear-phishing — the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft, by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spelling error — an error in the conventionally accepted form of spelling a word
- spending power — income available for spending
- spending spree — a brief period of extravagant spending
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- spermiogenesis — the development of a spermatozoon from a spermatid.
- spinning frame — a machine for drawing, twisting, and winding yarn.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sporangiospore — a spore that is produced within a sporangium.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.