12-letter words containing g, o, a, t
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- pig-ignorant — extremely ignorant or unknowledgeable
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- 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.
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- 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
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- 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.
- ponta grossa — a city in S Brazil.
- 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.
- 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
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- powerboating — a boat propelled by mechanical power.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- premigration — occurring before migration
- prenegotiate — to discuss before a formal negotiation
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
- 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.).
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- propugnation — defence
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
- rat kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.
- rat-kangaroo — any of several rabbit-sized, ratlike Australian kangaroos of the subfamily Potoroinae.