17-letter words containing p, r, e, n, g
- permutation group — a mathematical group whose elements are permutations and in which the product of two permutations is the same permutation as is obtained by performing them in succession.
- persona non grata — a person who is not welcome: He has become persona non grata in our club since his angry outburst.
- personnel manager — head of Human Resources department
- phantom pregnancy — the occurrence of signs of pregnancy, such as enlarged abdomen and absence of menstruation, when no embryo is present, due to hormonal imbalance
- philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- phonological rule — an operation in generative phonology that substitutes one sound or class of sounds for another in a phonological derivation.
- picture messaging — Picture messaging is the sending of photographs or pictures from one mobile phone to another.
- pillion passenger — a person who travels in a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc
- pioneering spirit — a willingness to endure hardship in order to explore new places or try out new things
- plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
- pointer swizzling — swizzle
- polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
- poor man's orange — a grapefruit
- portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
- portuguese guinea — former name of Guinea-Bissau.
- postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
- pre-configuration — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- pre-enlightenment — the act of enlightening.
- pre-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- pre-technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
- precision casting — investment casting.
- predatory pricing — If a company practises predatory pricing, it charges a much lower price for its products or services than its competitors in order to force them out of the market.
- prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
- prescription drug — medication available only on doctor's instruction
- presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
- pressure gradient — the change of pressure per unit distance
- proficiency badge — an insignia or device granted by the Girl Scouts and worn especially on a uniform to indicate special achievement.
- program generator — a computer program that can be used to help to create other computer programs
- program statement — a single instruction in a computer program
- programme planner — someone who creates plans or schedules in regards to their line of work or occupation
- prolonged-release — A prolonged-release drug delivers a dose of a medication over an extended period of time.
- propelling pencil — a pencil consisting of a metal or plastic case containing a replaceable lead. As the point is worn away the lead can be extended, usually by turning part of the case
- psychic energizer — Pharmacology. antidepressant (def 2).
- pudding-pipe tree — golden shower.
- purple granadilla — the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
- put the finger on — to inform on or identify, esp for the police
- pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
- pythagorean scale — the major scale as derived acoustically by Pythagoras from the perfect fifth.
- reformed spelling — a revised orthography intended to simplify the spelling of English words, especially to eliminate unpronounced letters, as by substituting thru for through, tho for though, slo for slow, etc.
- register spilling — (programming, compiler) (By analogy with spilling the contents of an overfull container) When a compiler is performing the register allocation phase of generating machine code and there are more live variables than the machine has registers and it has to transfer or "spill" some variables from registers to memory.
- repeating decimal — a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
- repeating firearm — a firearm capable of discharging a number of shots without reloading.
- right parenthesis — (character) ")". ASCII character 41. Common names: right paren; right parenthesis; right; close; thesis ("(" = paren); close paren; close parenthesis; right parenthesis; right banana. Rare: already ("(" = so); rparen; ITU-T: closing parenthesis; close round bracket, right round bracket, INTERCAL: wane ("(" = wax); unparenthisey ("(" = parenthisey); right ear. Paired with left parenthesis.
- role-playing game — a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure under the direction of a Game Master.
- schizophrenogenic — causative of schizophrenia.
- self-depreciating — self-deprecating.
- self-impregnating — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- self-interpreting — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.