12-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- owing to sth — You use owing to when you are introducing the reason for something.
- oxidant smog — photochemical smog.
- packing case — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- packing slip — A packing slip is a list of what is included in a shipment.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
- palingenesis — rebirth; regeneration.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parascending — parasailing
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
- passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.
- passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- paying guest — lodger
- pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
- penguin suit — a man's formal evening suit
- percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
- petitionings — a number of appeals or requests
- petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- piercingness — the quality or condition of being piercing
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- plagiarising — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plug casting — bait casting in which a plug is used as the lure.
- plumbaginous — containing graphite.