12-letter words containing c, a, p, g
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jumping jack — a toy consisting of a jointed figure that is made to jump, move, or dance by pulling a string or stick attached to it.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- knee-capping — Knee-capping is the act of shooting someone in the knee and is carried out by some terrorist organizations as a form of punishment.
- 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.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- lip-smacking — tasty, mouth-watering
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- 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.
- magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- 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.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- optical grep — vgrep
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- package deal — Also called package plan. an agreement in which the buyer pays a stipulated price for a group of related products or services: a package deal from a book club.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packing slip — A packing slip is a list of what is included in a shipment.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pagliacci, i — an opera (1892) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- paleoecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations and interactions between ancient life forms and their environment.