12-letter words containing g, a, r, p, l
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- optical grep — vgrep
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- 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.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- paleographer — sb who studies ancient scripts
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- paralanguage — vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.
- 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
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parlor grand — a grand piano smaller than a concert grand but larger than a baby grand.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- partializing — to bias.
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phlebography — venography.
- 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.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plagiarising — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiaristic — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.