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12-letter words containing g, o, p, s

  • pantophagist — an omnivore
  • pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
  • paraglossate — having paraglossae
  • paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
  • parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
  • parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
  • pass through — an act of passing.
  • pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • passage work — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
  • passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
  • passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
  • personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • pestological — relating to pestology
  • petitionings — a number of appeals or requests
  • petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
  • phagocytoses — phagocytize.
  • phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
  • photosetting — photocompose.
  • phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
  • phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
  • phraseograph — a phrase for which there is a phraseogram.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
  • phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • physiography — the science of physical geography.
  • physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
  • physiologist — a specialist in physiology.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
  • phytophagous — herbivorous.
  • pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
  • pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
  • pleurogenous — Anatomy. pertaining to or originating from the pleura.
  • plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
  • plumbaginous — containing graphite.
  • 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
  • poison gland — a gland in some fish and amphibians that secretes venomous material
  • 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.
  • polyglottous — characterized by being multilingual
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • pomona glass — an American art glass having one of its surfaces stained a pale amber color and the other surface etched.
  • pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
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