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12-letter words containing g, l, a, t

  • paintballing — a sport in which players compete in teams or individually to eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint from a special gun
  • palatalizing — to articulate (a consonant other than a normal palatal) as a palatal or with relatively more contact between the blade of the tongue and the hard palate, as in certain pronunciations of the l- sound in million.
  • 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.
  • paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
  • panty girdle — women's control pants
  • paraglossate — having paraglossae
  • parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
  • partializing — to bias.
  • parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
  • pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
  • pathological — of or relating to pathology.
  • patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
  • patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
  • pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
  • penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
  • pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
  • perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
  • pestological — relating to pestology
  • petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • 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.
  • pied wagtail — a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
  • pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
  • pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
  • piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
  • placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
  • 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.
  • plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.
  • plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
  • play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
  • plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
  • plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
  • pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
  • 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.
  • port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • porto alegre — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
  • post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • potamologist — a specialist in potamology
  • pre-planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
  • preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
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