12-letter words containing g, o, s, i, p
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meeting post — a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- monopolising — Present participle of monopolise.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- oligopolists — Plural form of oligopolist.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- one's pigeon — one's special concern, or business
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.