17-letter words containing p, r, e, s, i, g
- merchant shipping — shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, etc)
- mercury poisoning — illness caused by exposure to mercury
- middle-age spread — an increase in bulk, especially in the waist and buttocks, associated with the onset of middle age and the body's decreasing ability to metabolize calories efficiently.
- neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
- newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
- non-corresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
- on speaking terms — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- on-street parking — parking (of a car, vehicle, etc) that is or is allowed to be done on a street
- opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
- organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
- origin of species — (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life) a treatise (1859) by Charles Darwin setting forth his theory of evolution.
- paradise regained — an epic poem (1671) by John Milton.
- partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
- pascal's triangle — a triangular arrangement of the binomial coefficients of the expansion (x + y) n for positive integral values of n.
- passenger station — a station used by passengers
- passenger traffic — number of passengers
- pate de foie gras — See under foie gras.
- petit bourgeoisie — The petit bourgeoisie are people in the lower middle class.
- petite bourgeoise — a woman who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
- petty bourgeoisie — the section of the middle class with the lowest social status, generally composed of shopkeepers, lower clerical staff, etc
- philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
- 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
- plumbing fixtures — things such as pipes, sinks, toilets that are fixed in position in a building
- pointer swizzling — swizzle
- 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-investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- precision bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.
- precision casting — investment casting.
- 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
- progressive party — a political party formed in 1912 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, advocating popular control of government, direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, woman suffrage, etc.
- prosperity gospel — a modern version or, according to some, perversion of the gospel according to which the full blessings of God available to those who approach Him in faith and obedience include wealth, health and power
- pseudepigraphical — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudo-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- psychic energizer — Pharmacology. antidepressant (def 2).
- pterygoid process — either of two long bony plates extending downwards from each side of the sphenoid bone within the skull
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.