15-letter words containing r, e, s, g
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
- orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
- organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
- ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
- ortega y gasset — José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1883–1955, Spanish philosopher, journalist, and critic.
- over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- overbearingness — Quality of being overbearing.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- passenger ferry — a ferry that carries passengers
- passenger train — railway train that carries people
- pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- personal growth — development as an individual
- petit bourgeois — a person who belongs to the petite bourgeoisie.
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
- pilsner glass's — a pale, light lager beer.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- pre-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- preregistration — early registration, in advance of event or general registration
- pressure-piping — Pressure-piping is a set of pipes which are used to contain fluid at high pressure.
- prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- primary storage — main memory
- princess regent — a princess who is regent of a country.
- prison governor — the senior administrator or head of a prison