12-letter words containing p, a, r, g, n
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grana padano — a rich semifat hard cheese with a granular texture, often used grated, esp on pasta dishes and soups
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impregnating — Present participle of impregnate.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- jaw-dropping — Something that is jaw-dropping is extremely surprising, impressive, or shocking.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- jumping hare — springhare.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- kangaroo paw — any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.