12-letter words containing g, r, a, n, i
- organisation — the act or process of organizing.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- original gum — See o.g (def 1).
- original sin — Theology. a depravity, or tendency to evil, held to be innate in humankind and transmitted from Adam to all humans in consequence of his sin. inclination to evil, inherent in human nature.
- originations — Plural form of origination.
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- outmigration — to leave a region, community, etc., to move or settle into a different part of one's country or home territory: People are no longer out-migrating from the South in such large numbers.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- 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.
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parascending — parasailing
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- part-writing — the aspect of composition concerned with the writing of parts, esp counterpoint
- partializing — to bias.
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- partitioning — Partitioning is when a solute is distributed between two phases in a separation process.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls