15-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- pantopragmatics — universal intervention in the affairs of others
- paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger train — railway train that carries people
- patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
- patent engineer — a person who draws up applications for patents
- pattern bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped on a target in a predetermined pattern.
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- pematangsiantar — a city on NE Sumatra, in Indonesia.
- perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- performing arts — dance, drama, music
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phonocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a phonocardiograph.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- picture writing — the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
- pilsner glass's — a pale, light lager beer.
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- pituitary gland — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- plane surveying — the surveying of areas of limited size, making no corrections for the earth's curvature
- plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
- plea bargaining — pleading guilty to a lesser charge
- pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
- polynomial ring — the set of all polynomials in an indeterminate variable with coefficients that are elements of a given ring.
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- portative organ — capable of being carried; portable.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
- pragmaticalness — the quality of being pragmatical or meddlesome
- prairie-dogging — (in an open-plan office) the practice of looking over the top of one's partition in order to discover the source of or reason for a commotion
- 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-engineering — the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemical plants.
- pre-negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
- prekindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
- 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.
- primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
- primary winding — an induction coil that is the part of an electric circuit in which a changing current induces a current in a neighbouring circuit
- prince charming — (sometimes lowercase) a man who embodies a woman's romantic ideal.
- princess regent — a princess who is regent of a country.
- printing office — a shop or factory in which printing is done.
- prison governor — the senior administrator or head of a prison