14-letter words containing u, p, g, a
- 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.
- plain language — language that is clear and easy to understand, with no ambiguity or unnecessarily difficult words
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
- 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.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- 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.
- 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
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- 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.
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- route flapping — flapping router
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scrape through — only just succeed
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- spanish guinea — a republic in W equatorial Africa, comprising the mainland province of Río Muni and the island province of Bioko: formerly a Spanish colony. 10,824 sq. mi. (28,034 sq. km). Capital: Malabo.
- spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- sugar snap pea — snap pea.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner