12-letter words containing c, a, p, i, n, g
- parascending — parasailing
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- 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.
- 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).
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- 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 launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- ping command — ping
- 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
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- 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.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- 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
- prefinancing — financing arranged in advance
- prepackaging — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- raking piece — a sloping piece of scenery, as on a television or stage set, especially such a piece used for masking the side of a ramp.
- recuperating — to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength.
- road pricing — Road pricing is a system of making drivers pay money for driving on certain roads by electronically recording the movement of vehicles on those roads.
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scrapbooking — hobby: collaging
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- signal corps — a branch of the army responsible for military communications, meteorological studies, and related work.
- single-space — to type (copy) on each line space.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- slip casting — a pottery-making process in which partially liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- specialising — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- spin casting — spinning (def 3).
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stocking cap — a long, conical, knitted cap, usually with a tassel or pompon at the tip.