12-letter words containing a, r, e, p, t
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- garnet paper — an abrasive paper coated with pulverized garnet.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plague — the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- heterophoria — a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of water.