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14-letter words containing p, r, o, g, e, s

  • locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
  • massage parlor — a commercial establishment providing massages.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • missing person — sb who has disappeared
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
  • nonprogressive — not progressive; old-fashioned
  • oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
  • phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
  • polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
  • 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.
  • porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
  • porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
  • positive organ — a small pipe organ of the Middle Ages.
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • 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.
  • power struggle — fight to take control
  • prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • prepositioning — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
  • pressure group — an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • processing tax — a tax levied by the government at an intermediate stage in the production of goods.
  • producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
  • profit-seeking — attempting to make a profit or financial gains
  • progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
  • progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
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