12-letter words containing p, a, n, g, o
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- opinionating — Present participle of opinionate.
- 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.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedogenesis — sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features
- 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.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- parlor grand — a grand piano smaller than a concert grand but larger than a baby grand.
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- partitioning — Partitioning is when a solute is distributed between two phases in a separation process.
- 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.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patrol wagon — an enclosed truck or van used by the police to transport prisoners.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).