12-letter words containing d, r, i, p, a, g
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- parascending — parasailing
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- 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.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- 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
- videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.