13-letter words containing g, r, i, p
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- over-cropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- packing crate — A packing crate is a large wooden box in which things are put so that they can be stored or taken somewhere.
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- pan-germanism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
- pangrammatist — a writer of pangrams
- pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pantie girdle — a girdle with a crotch.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
- paramagnetism — 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.
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking brake — emergency brake.
- parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
- parking meter — a mechanical device for registering and collecting payment for the length of time that a vehicle occupies a parking space, consisting typically of a timer, actuated by a coin that a driver deposits upon parking, set in a headpiece mounted on a pole.
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- parking strip — Chiefly Upper Midwest and Western U.S. parkway (def 2).
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- participating — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- parting strip — a strip, as of wood, used to keep two parts separated, as one in each side of the frame of a window to keep the sashes apart when lowered or raised.
- partridge pea — a North American plant, Cassia fasciculata, of the legume family, having yellow flowers and feathery compound leaves that fold shut when touched.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- perigastritis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the stomach
- perigean tide — an ocean tide that occurs in the spring, when the moon is at its perigee.