12-letter words containing g, r, i, p, n
- conscripting — Present participle of conscript.
- coprocessing — the act of processing jointly
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- disspiriting — Present participle of disspirit alternative spelling of dispiriting.
- doorstepping — talking to someone at the door of their home, for political canvassing or to gather information
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
- dripping wet — If you are dripping wet, you are so wet that water is dripping from you.
- drop forging — a product made by drop-forging
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
- ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- enterprising — Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- expatriating — Present participle of expatriate.
- experiencing — Present participle of experience.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fireproofing — the act or process of rendering fireproof.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- flop forging — forging of both sides of a piece from the same die, the sides being identical.
- freeing port — an opening in the bottom of a bulwark, for rapid drainage of a weather deck in heavy seas; scupper.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.