12-letter words containing g, a, n, p
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- 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.
- paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parascending — parasailing
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parlor grand — a grand piano smaller than a concert grand but larger than a baby grand.
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
- partializing — to bias.
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- partitioning — Partitioning is when a solute is distributed between two phases in a separation process.
- 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.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- 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.
- patent agent — a person who draws up applications for patents
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- paying guest — lodger
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- peacekeeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- penning gate — a sluice gate that opens by lifting upward.
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- permanganate — a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.
- perpetrating — to commit: to perpetrate a crime.
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- 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).
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.