14-letter words containing p, u, r, g
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- neurocomputing — computing that makes use of neural networks
- neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
- peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
- peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
- 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.
- phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
- plough through — If you plough through something such as a large meal or a long piece of work, you finally finish it although it takes a lot of effort.
- pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
- 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).
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- 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 struggle — fight to take control
- 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.
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- pressure gauge — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or liquid.
- pressure group — an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.
- pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- 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.
- producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- quintus prolog — (language, product) A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.