12-letter words containing l, o, g, r, i, p
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- oligotrophic — (of a lake) characterized by a low accumulation of dissolved nutrient salts, supporting but a sparse growth of algae and other organisms, and having a high oxygen content owing to the low organic content.
- optical grep — vgrep
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- oscillograph — 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.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- 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.
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- pollen grain — a single granule of pollen.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polytriglyph — (in classical architecture) an intercolumniation of at least four triglyphs.
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- proctologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- prolog-linda — 1. Prolog extended with Linda-style parallelism. Proc 4th Australian Conf on Artif Intell. 2. Neil MacDonald, U Edinburgh 1989. Another Prolog extended with Linda, implemented on a Computing Surface.
- prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- prosyllogism — a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protistology — the biology of the Protista.
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- ranging pole — a pole for marking positions in surveying
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- ripe old age — advanced age
- risk pooling — Risk pooling is the practice of sharing all risks among a group of insurance companies.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- rolling plan — a plan which is designed to continue over a period of time and is subject to regular review and updating
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.