12-letter words containing g, n, u
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- perpetuating — to make perpetual.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pipe routing — Pipe routing is the planning of pipeline layout, which includes considerations of neatness, economy, and safety.
- planing hull — a hull that tends to rise from the water when under way so that no significant amount of water is displaced beyond a certain speed.
- pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- plum pudding — a rich steamed or boiled pudding containing raisins, currants, citron, spices, etc.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- popping plug — a fishing lure that makes a popping sound when pulled along the surface of the water
- popular song — a song that is written to have an immediate and wide appeal and is usually popular for only a short time, but that sometimes is of a sufficiently high quality to become part of the permanent repertoire of popular music and jazz. Compare standard (def 12).
- port running — an evasive action at a port of entry in which a person drives through a vehicle-stopping point.
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- pre-language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- propugnation — defence
- prostituting — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- pudding club — the state of being pregnant (esp in the phrase in the pudding club)
- pudding rice — a type of short-grained rice that is suitable for making into a rice pudding
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pull strings — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pump priming — the spending of government funds in commercial enterprises, to stimulate the national economy.
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- puppeteering — a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.
- push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quadrangular — having four angles and four sides; having the shape of a quadrangle.
- quarantining — a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
- queen regent — a queen who reigns in behalf of another.