12-letter words containing p, a, n, g, i
- bat printing — ornamenting of ceramics by means of an adhesive substance, as linseed oil, transferred onto the ceramic surface from a sheet of glue or gelatin, dusted with color, and fired.
- bathing wrap — a loose robe to wear after bathing, often made of towelling
- bearing pile — a foundation pile that supports weight vertically
- belaying pin — a cylindrical, sometimes tapered pin, usually of metal or wood, that fits into a hole in a pin or fife rail: used for belaying
- blotting-pad — an object to one side of which a piece of blotting paper is attached for blotting text handwritten in ink
- boating trip — a trip or holiday in a boat such as a sailing boat or canal boat
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
- capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capitalizing — Present participle of capitalize.
- capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
- cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- complainings — complaints
- complicating — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- constipating — to cause constipation in; make costive.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- dancing step — balanced step.
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- decapitating — Present participle of decapitate.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- die stamping — the production of words or decoration on a surface by using a steel die so that the printed images stand in relief