12-letter words containing p, h, a, g, i
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- punching bag — an inflated or stuffed bag, usually suspended, punched with the fists as an exercise.
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shopping bag — a strong, usually paper or plastic, bag with handles, used to carry purchases or belongings.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- spearfishing — any of several fishes of the genus Tetrapturus, resembling the sailfish but having the first dorsal fin much less developed: inhabiting all seas, but rare.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- straight pin — pin (sense 2)
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- upright bass — double bass
- videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- yachting cap — a cap with a round flat top and a visor
- zygapophysis — one of the four processes of a vertebra, occurring in pairs that interlock each vertebra with the vertebrae above and below.