12-letter words containing h, a, p, t, o, g
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- rephotograph — to photograph again
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- steganograph — a piece of coded writing; cipher
- stenographer — a person who specializes in taking dictation in shorthand.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stenophagous — (of an animal) feeding on a limited variety of foods (opposed to euryphagous).
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.