14-letter words containing p, r, o, g, e, i
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
- offering price — the price quoted when something is offered for sale, especially the price per share, as of an investment security or mutual fund being sold to the public.
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
- openoffice.org — (project) (OOo) The group that produces a free (GPL) cross-platform office suite that provides much of the same functionality as Microsoft Office including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and graphics. Each program can read and write both its own and Microsoft formats.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
- operating room — a specially equipped room, usually in a hospital, where surgical procedures are performed. Abbreviation: OR.
- overdeveloping — Present participle of overdevelop.
- overprivileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
- parking sensor — A parking sensor is a device on a vehicle which detects obstacles and alerts the driver if the vehicle comes too close to them when being parked.
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
- partridge wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- partridge-wood — the rotted condition of the wood of certain trees, especially oaks, caused by a parasitic fungus, Xylobolus frustulatus.
- peace offering — any offering made to procure peace.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- periodic group — (database) (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
- periodontology — periodontics.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- piece together — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pigeon fancier — sb who breeds pigeons
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- pontoon bridge — a bridge supported by pontoons.
- popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
- positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
- power steering — an automotive steering system in which the engine's power is used to supplement the driver's effort in turning the steering wheel.
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- pre-collegiate — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- pre-generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- precipitinogen — Immunology. an antigen that stimulates precipitin production or that reacts with antibody in an immunoprecipitation reaction.
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- prenegotiation — taking place before a formal negotiation
- prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
- printing error — a misprint or misspelling in a text
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter