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12-letter words containing p, o, g, e

  • impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
  • imposingness — The quality of being imposing.
  • impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
  • isotopologue — (chemistry) any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example water and heavy water.
  • jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
  • jeopardizing — Present participle of jeopardize.
  • keeping room — hall (def 11).
  • keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
  • ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • lake nipigon — a lake in central Canada, in NW Ontario, draining into Lake Superior via the Nipigon River. Area: 4843 sq km (1870 sq miles)
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
  • leapfroggers — Plural form of leapfrogger.
  • leapfrogging — Present participle of leapfrog.
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
  • line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
  • longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
  • lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnetooptic — pertaining to the effect of magnetism upon the propagation of light.
  • magnetopause — the boundary between the earth's magnetosphere and interplanetary space, about 40,000 miles (65,000 km) above the earth, marked by an abrupt decrease in the earth's magnetic induction.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • magpie goose — a black-and-white gooselike bird, Anseranas semipalmatus, of Australia, believed to be the most primitive waterfowl in existence.
  • mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • meeting post — a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
  • memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
  • meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
  • methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
  • microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
  • mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
  • mole mapping — the procedure of using a digital camera to record the positions and appearances of moles on a person's body so that regular checks will detect any changes that might lead to skin cancer
  • mona passage — a strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
  • multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
  • myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
  • myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
  • myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
  • mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
  • necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
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