12-letter words containing g, r, i, p, n
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- keeping room — hall (def 11).
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
- microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
- monocropping — the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstripping — to outdo; surpass; excel.
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- 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.