12-letter words containing a, n, e, p, i, g
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- paying guest — lodger
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- peacekeeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- penning gate — a sluice gate that opens by lifting upward.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- perpetrating — to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pigeon grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis aestivalis, of the eastern U.S., having leaves that are dull above and rusty beneath, and bearing black, edible fruit.
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- pineal gland — a small, cone-shaped endocrine organ in the posterior forebrain, secreting melatonin and involved in biorhythms and gonadal development.
- pipe jacking — a method of laying underground pipelines by assembling the pipes at the foot of an access shaft and pushing them through the ground
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- plea bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plea-bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- pollen grain — a single granule of pollen.
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- pre-planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- 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
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand