12-letter words containing g, o, i, d
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- pigeon blood — dark red.
- ping command — ping
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- prodigiosity — the state or quality of being immense, extraordinary or astonishing
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- progradation — seaward growth of a beach, delta, fan, etc., by progressive deposition of sediment by rivers or shoreline processes.
- prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- radio galaxy — a galaxy that emits much more strongly in the radio part of the spectrum than does a typical galaxy.
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- radiological — of or relating to radiology.
- ragged robin — a plant, Lychnis flos-cuculi, of the pink family, having pink or white flowers with dissected petals.
- re-recording — to record (something) another time.
- reading book — a book for people who are learning to read, to help them become accustomed to looking at and understanding written words
- reading room — a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.