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12-letter words containing p, e, n, r

  • funeral plan — A funeral plan is a basic life insurance policy that provides money to pay for the policyholder's funeral expenses when they die.
  • funeral pyre — bonfire for cremation
  • funny papers — funny1 (def 7b).
  • gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
  • gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
  • gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
  • garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
  • garnet paper — an abrasive paper coated with pulverized garnet.
  • genappe yarn — a worsted yarn that has been genapped and made smooth and lustrous.
  • gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
  • general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
  • generalships — Plural form of generalship.
  • gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
  • georgia pine — longleaf pine.
  • germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
  • germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
  • gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
  • gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • ginger group — the most active group within an organization, as a political party.
  • glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
  • glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
  • golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
  • golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
  • gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
  • gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
  • governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • green keeper — greenskeeper.
  • green pepper — the mild-flavored, unripe fruit of the bell or sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, used as a green vegetable.
  • green plover — lapwing.
  • greenskeeper — a person charged with the care and maintenance of a golf course.
  • 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.
  • groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
  • group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
  • guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
  • haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
  • hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
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