12-letter words containing g, a, p, o, s
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
- magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
- magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
- morphographs — Plural form of morphograph.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- 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.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- pestological — relating to pestology
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- 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.
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- phraseograph — a phrase for which there is a phraseogram.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.