12-letter words containing a, g, o, r, p
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- kangaroo paw — any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.