12-letter words containing d, r, a, g, p
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-packaged — Pre-packaged foods have been prepared in advance and put in plastic or cardboard containers to be sold.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- pregenerated — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- primigravida — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- producer gas — a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen produced by passing air over hot coke, used mainly as a fuel
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
- prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- quadraplegic — quadriplegic.
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- reading lamp — A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.
- reprimanding — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- 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.
- sand springs — a town in NE Oklahoma.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- spread eagle — the representation of an eagle with outstretched wings, used as an emblem of the US
- spread-eagle — having or suggesting the form of a spread eagle.
- spreadeagled — Someone who is spreadeagled is lying with their arms and legs spread out.
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- unprogrammed — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.