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13-letter words containing p, i, n, g, r, a

  • drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
  • drip painting — a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • earning power — business: ability to profit
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • evening paper — a newspaper that comes out in the evening
  • expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
  • expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
  • extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
  • fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
  • fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
  • granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
  • grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
  • growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
  • guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
  • hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
  • heating power — power that can be used to heat something
  • heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
  • hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
  • hyperphrygian — (in ancient Greek music) of a principle mode found between the hyperlydian and the hypolydian
  • hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
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