14-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- outrageousness — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overgenerously — in an overgenerous manner
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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−.
- 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
- 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.
- quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions