13-letter words containing c, o, g
- overenergetic — excessively energetic
- oxygen effect — the increased sensitivity to radiation of living organisms, tissues, etc, when they are exposed in the presence of oxygen
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharmacologic — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- piezomagnetic — involving or relating to the production of a magnetic field by applying a mechanical stress to certain crystals
- pitching tool — a masonry chisel for rough work
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- pocket gopher — any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
- polemological — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- pontificating — to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
- post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
- postage costs — the cost of having mail delivered
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- potamological — of or relating to potamology
- powder charge — propellant (def 2).
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- praxiological — the study of human conduct.
- pre-cognizant — having cognizance; aware (usually followed by of): He was cognizant of the difficulty.
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- preconfigured — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.