12-letter words containing g, a, m, p
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- palm cabbage — cabbage palm.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
- pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery-white panicles.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- perfect game — a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
- permanganate — a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- ping command — ping
- plagioclimax — the climax stage of a community, influenced by man or some other outside factor
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- pragmaticism — the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James.
- pragmaticist — a follower of the doctrine of pragmatism
- pre-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premigration — occurring before migration
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- primigravida — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture