14-letter words containing a, l, p, r, g
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- imperial eagle — a brown eagle, Aquila heliaca, of Asia and southern Europe: the subspecies A. heliaca adalberti is endangered.
- impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- knight templar — Templar.
- l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
- la grange park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- laryngopharynx — the lower part of the pharynx, above the larynx.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms
- lipogrammatist — a person who writes lipograms
- lithographical — Of or pertaining to lithography.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
- lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
- massage parlor — a commercial establishment providing massages.
- masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- milking parlor — a room in or attached to a barn on a modern dairy farm maintained exclusively for the mechanical milking of cows.
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- modular prolog — An interpreter for SB-Prolog version 3.1 extended with ML-style modules. Runs on SPARC. Distributed under GNU General Public License.
- mpeg-1 layer 3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
- 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).
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- nonoverlapping — Not overlapping.
- orthographical — Of, or relating to orthography; spelled correctly.
- oscillographic — Of or pertaining to an oscillograph.
- paleogeography — the science of representing the earth's geographic features belonging to any part of the geologic past.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
- paradigmatical — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parapsychology — the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like.
- parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
- parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
- pascal's wager — the argument put forth by Blaise Pascal that it is in one's best interest to believe in the existence of God, as it is a rational assumption and does no harm, and the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage of believing otherwise.
- passenger cell — the inside of a vehicle, in which people sit
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.