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12-letter words containing p, i, r, a, g

  • supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
  • 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.
  • superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
  • surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
  • target price — anticipated retail cost
  • top grafting — grafting in the top, as of a tree, in order to replace existing branches with those of a more desired variety or form.
  • tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • 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.
  • trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
  • tupi-guarani — a family of Indian languages including Tupi, Guarani, lingua geral, and many others of central South America.
  • typing paper — paper for typing on
  • typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
  • unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
  • underlapping — to extend partly under.
  • undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
  • unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
  • upright bass — double bass
  • valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
  • videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.
  • voting paper — a ballot.
  • wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
  • wallpapering — Present participle of wallpaper.
  • watering pot — a container for water, typically of metal or plastic and having a spout with a perforated nozzle, for watering or sprinkling plants, flowers, etc.
  • weaponeering — the act of fitting out with weapons
  • web scraping — the extraction and copying of data from a website into a structured format using a computer program: Hackers pose a threat with techniques like web scraping. Our search engine uses web scraping to index sites.
  • 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.
  • wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
  • zoosporangia — Plural form of zoosporangium.
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