12-letter words containing d, r, a, g, p
- 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.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grana padano — a rich semifat hard cheese with a granular texture, often used grated, esp on pasta dishes and soups
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- ledger paper — a foldable paper with a smooth finish.
- ledger plate — a strip of wood laid flat across the tops of studding as a support for joists.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parascending — parasailing
- parlor grand — a grand piano smaller than a concert grand but larger than a baby grand.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- 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.