13-letter words containing g, r, a, p, n
- grapple plant — a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hyperphrygian — (in ancient Greek music) of a principle mode found between the hyperlydian and the hypolydian
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- image printer — a printer which uses optical technology to produce an image of a complete page from digital input
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impignoration — the state of being mortgaged
- incorporating — to form into a legal corporation.
- interpleading — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- interpolating — Present participle of interpolate.
- junggar pendi — an arid region of W China, in N Xinjiang between the Altai Mountains and the Tian Shan
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- landing strip — airstrip.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- luang prabang — Louangphrabang.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
- megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- miami springs — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
- morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface.