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12-letter words containing g, a, s, t, i

  • 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.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • paying guest — lodger
  • pestological — relating to pestology
  • pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
  • 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.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
  • piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
  • 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.
  • plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • pogson ratio — the brightness ratio of two celestial objects that differ by one magnitude. On the Pogson scale a difference of 5 magnitudes is defined as a difference of 100 in the intensities of two stars; therefore a difference of 1 magnitude is equal to the fifth root of 100, i.e. 2.512
  • polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
  • postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • 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
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
  • ranjit singh — ("Lion of the Punjab") 1780–1839, Indian maharaja: founder of the Sikh kingdom of Punjab.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • reassignment — something assigned, as a particular task or duty: She completed the assignment and went on to other jobs.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • registerable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • registrating — to select and combine pipe organ stops.
  • registration — the act of registering.
  • restrainings — acts of restraining
  • roasting ear — an ear of sweet corn suitable for roasting while still in the husk.
  • rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sailing boat — sailboat.
  • sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • sand casting — Sand casting is a process in which a molten metal is poured into a mold made from sand.
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