12-letter words containing g, o, n, a, p
- constipating — to cause constipation in; make costive.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- encompassing — Present participle of encompass.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- epoxylignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane in which the two \u03b3-carbon atoms of the side chains are linked via an oxygen atom to form a tetrahydrofuran ring.
- espagnolette — the fastening device on a French window
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- geopotential — the difference between the potential energy of a mass at a given altitude and the potential energy of an identical mass at sea level, equivalent to the energy required to move the mass from sea level to the given altitude.
- georgia pine — longleaf pine.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grana padano — a rich semifat hard cheese with a granular texture, often used grated, esp on pasta dishes and soups
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.