12-letter words containing e, i, g, n, s, p
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- imposingness — The quality of being imposing.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- line spacing — (in a book, computer-produced document, etc) the spacing between lines of type
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- meeting post — a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- minesweeping — (nautical) The detection and safe disposal of mines.
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- mispleadings — Plural form of mispleading.
- misspellings — Plural form of misspelling.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- one's pigeon — one's special concern, or business
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
- parascending — parasailing
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- paying guest — lodger
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- penguin suit — a man's formal evening suit
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- petitionings — a number of appeals or requests