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13-letter words containing a, p, n, g, e

  • meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
  • megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
  • mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
  • name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
  • nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
  • negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
  • nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
  • newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
  • noise shaping — (communications)   Spectral noise transformation in a quantisation processes. Noise is "colourised" in the time domain an/or frequency domain by adding parts of the previous sample. The SNR bandwidth and SNR time integral stay the same, so some noise decreases, some increases, but overall noise always increases. An example of noise shaping in the frequency domain is quantisation of samples on a Compact Disc to reduce noise below -98 dB. The are different algorithms with slightly different filters, e.g. Super Bitmapping, 4D Recording. A time domain example is MPEG-4 AAC TNS, which is a method to enhance quality by temporal forming of the noise in a transform block.
  • nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • nonprogrammer — a person who is not a programmer
  • nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
  • ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
  • oceanographer — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
  • open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
  • over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • palaeontology — Palaeontology is the study of fossils as a guide to the history of life on Earth.
  • paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
  • paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
  • palingenesist — a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.
  • pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
  • panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
  • panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
  • panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
  • pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
  • paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
  • paramagnetism — 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.
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • parking brake — emergency brake.
  • parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
  • parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
  • parliamenting — parliamentary debating
  • part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
  • passenger car — carriage of a train
  • passenger jet — a jet that carries passengers
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