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12-letter words containing g, o, n, a, p

  • hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
  • hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
  • iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
  • impassioning — Present participle of impassion.
  • implantology — the branch of dentistry dealing with the permanent implantation or attachment of artificial teeth in the jaw.
  • impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • incompassing — Present participle of incompass.
  • infographics — Plural form of infographic.
  • jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
  • jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
  • jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
  • joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
  • kangaroo paw — any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
  • karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
  • keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
  • laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
  • laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
  • laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
  • long-playing — of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
  • longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
  • lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
  • magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
  • magnoliopsid — (botany) a member of the class Magnoliopsida. Circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
  • mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • monographing — Present participle of monograph.
  • mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
  • necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
  • nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
  • nonoperating — Not operating.
  • nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
  • oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
  • oil painting — the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
  • oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
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