12-letter words containing g, r, i, p, s
- enterprising — Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness.
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- fingerprints — Plural form of fingerprint.
- fishing port — a town which has a lot of fishing boats
- flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
- gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- get to grips — to deal with (a problem or subject)
- ghost shrimp — a shrimplike crustacean of the genus Callianassa, of the Pacific coast of North America, having a pinkish, transparent body.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- gross profit — gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- klipspringer — a small, agile African antelope, Oreotragus oreotragus, of mountainous regions from the Cape of Good Hope to Ethiopia.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- ledger strip — a piece attached to the face of a beam at the bottom as a support for the ends of joists.