12-letter words containing n, a, g, p, r
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- loading ramp — a ramp that is used for loading a ship
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- manspreading — the practice by a male passenger on public transport of sitting with his legs wide apart, so denying space to passengers beside him
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- nanga parbat — a mountain in NW Kashmir, in the Himalayas. 26,660 feet (8125 meters).
- napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
- oregon grape — an evergreen shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of the barberry family, of the western coast of the U.S., having small blue berries and yellow flowers that are the state flower of Oregon.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- 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.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length