12-letter words containing n, a, y, g
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
- paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paying guest — lodger
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.