12-letter words containing p, i, g, s, e
- phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
- piercingness — the quality or condition of being piercing
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
- plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
- poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- postage paid — stamped ready for mailing
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
- pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
- pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- predesignate — to designate beforehand.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
- prestigiator — someone who practises sorcery or prestidigitation
- priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- representing — to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize: In this painting the cat represents evil and the bird, good.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- ring spanner — tool for turning screws
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- safe-keeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- seating plan — layout of seats at a venue or on transport
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- self-priming — the powder or other material used to ignite a charge.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-tapping — (of a screw) cutting its own thread when screwed into a plain hole in a metal sheet