14-letter words containing y, g, p
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- imaginary part — the coefficient b in the complex number a + bi.
- impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
- impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
- in a pig's eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- jiggery-pokery — trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug.
- laryngopharynx — the lower part of the pharynx, above the larynx.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
- lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
- memory mapping — a technique whereby computer peripherals may be addressed as though they formed part of the main memory of the computer
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- minority group — minority (defs 3, 4).
- morning prayer — matin (def 1c).
- mpeg-1 layer 3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
- myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- 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.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- neurohypnology — a name given to hypnosis by the Scottish physician Braid
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
- nonphysiologic — of or relating to physiology.
- northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
- orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
- package policy — an insurance policy which incorporates cover for different types of risk, such as liability and property
- palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
- palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
- paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
- paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- parapsychology — the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like.
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- pathologically — of or relating to pathology.
- pay bargaining — negotiating concerning salary or pay
- payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
- paying-in book — a book for keeping a record of money deposited into an account
- paying-in slip — a sheet in a paying-in book for writing down and keeping a record of a single deposit into an account
- 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.