13-letter words containing p, i, g, o
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- oceanographic — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oilspot glaze — a brown or black ceramic glaze dotted with silvery spots caused by impurities.
- oligopeptides — Plural form of oligopeptide.
- oligopolistic — the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors. Compare duopoly, monopoly (def 1).
- olympic games — international sports event
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- open learning — a system of further education on a flexible part-time basis
- open marriage — a marriage in which the partners agree that each is free to have sexual relationships with other partners.
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
- optical glass — any of several types of high-quality, homogeneous, color-free glass, as flint or crown glass, having specified refractive properties, used in lenses and other components of optical systems.
- optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- oscillographs — Plural form of oscillograph.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- over-cropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
- palaeobiology — the study of fossil plants and animals
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
- parking orbit — a temporary orbit in which a spacecraft awaits the next phase of its mission.
- parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pathognomonic — Medicine/Medical. characteristic or diagnostic of a specific disease: a pathognomonic sign of pneumonia.
- patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- peregrination — travel from one place to another, especially on foot.
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- pertaining to — having to do with
- petrol engine — an internal-combustion engine that uses petrol as fuel
- pharmacologic — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken