12-letter words containing g, i, a, c
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- oligarchical — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- optical grep — vgrep
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- organic farm — a farm where organic methods are used for agriculture and animal husbandry
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- oscillograms — Plural form of oscillogram.
- 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.
- osteological — Of or relating to osteology.
- outbalancing — Present participle of outbalance.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packing slip — A packing slip is a list of what is included in a shipment.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pagliacci, i — an opera (1892) by Ruggiero Leoncavallo.
- paleological — the study of antiquities.
- paling-fence — Also called paling fence. picket fence.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- 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.
- parascending — parasailing
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- 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.
- 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.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- 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).
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.