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14-letter words containing a, l, p, r, g

  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
  • exempli gratia — for the sake of example
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
  • flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
  • general public — people in general
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • gilbert pattenGilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • grappling iron — a grapnel.
  • great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
  • greek alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from a Semitic alphabet by way of the Phoenicians, used from about the 8th century b.c. for the writing of Greek, and forming the basis of many other scripts, including Latin and Cyrillic. The letters of the Greek alphabet are: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu1 , xi, omicron, pi1 , rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi1 , psi1 , omega.
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • hagiographical — Hagiographic.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • hierographical — hierographic
  • high-card pool — red dog.
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • hydrographical — Hydrographic.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperglycaemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
  • hyperglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hyperglycemic.
  • hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
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