12-letter words containing p, i, a, g
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- grape picker — someone who picks grapes
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- hagia sophia — flourished 6th century a.d, Byzantine engineer. He was one of the architects of Hagia Sophia; (originally an Orthodox cathedral and currently a museum in Istanbul, Turkey).
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- hand-picking — to pick by hand.
- handclapping — The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
- handicapping — Present participle of handicap.
- hanging pawn — one of two or more adjacent pawns on central half-open files with no pawns of the same colour on the files immediately to left and right of them
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph