12-letter words containing a, c, t, g
- nonantigenic — not antigenic
- nonconjugate — Grammar. to inflect (a verb). to recite or display all or some subsets of the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: One conjugates the present tense of the verb “be” as “I am, you are, he is, we are, you are, they are.”.
- nonstrategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- object glass — objective (def 3).
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- optical grep — vgrep
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- perfect game — a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- plagiaristic — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pragmaticism — the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James.
- pragmaticist — a follower of the doctrine of pragmatism
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).