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12-letter words containing a, g, p, n

  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • landing flap — a flap in the undersurface of the trailing edge of an aircraft wing, capable of being moved downward to increase either lift or drag or both, as for landing. Compare split flap (def 1).
  • landing page — a web page that a user is directed to after clicking on an external hyperlink, often a page designed especially for marketing purposes: Their landing page asks for your email address and automatically enters you into a $1,000 cash drawing.
  • landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
  • 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.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
  • linear graph — graph (def 2b).
  • linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
  • lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • living space — home: rooms, etc.
  • loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
  • long-playing — of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
  • longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
  • lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
  • lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • magnetic dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
  • magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
  • magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • manipulating — Present participle of manipulate.
  • mansplaining — (informal, pejorative) The act of condescendingly explaining something, particularly by a man to a female listener in order to appear knowledgable or from a mistaken presumption that she has an inferior understanding of the topic.
  • manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
  • marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
  • martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
  • masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
  • meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
  • mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
  • mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
  • mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • monographing — Present participle of monograph.
  • mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
  • multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
  • nanga parbat — a mountain in NW Kashmir, in the Himalayas. 26,660 feet (8125 meters).
  • napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
  • naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
  • necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
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