12-letter words containing p, e, a, g
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- bridge a gap — to remedy a deficiency
- bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
- bumper guard — either of two vertical crosspieces attached to a bumper of a motor vehicle to prevent it from locking bumpers with another vehicle.
- 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
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- care package — Also, CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to the needy.
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carpet grass — either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
- choregrapher — Alt form choreographer.
- choreographs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph.
- choreography — Choreography is the inventing of steps and movements for ballets and other dances.
- chorographer — Someone who desscribes a particular region or country.
- chump change — Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- 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.
- circle graph — pie chart.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning