12-letter words containing p, o, g, e
- profiteering — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
- progesterone — Biochemistry. a hormone, C 2 1 H 3 0 O 2 , that prepares the uterus for the fertilized ovum and maintains pregnancy.
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- programmable — capable of being programmed.
- prolegomenon — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- proofreading — correction of text
- propagandize — to propagate or publicize (principles, dogma, etc.) by means of propaganda.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protest flag — a flag hoisted by a racing yacht to advise the judges of a violation of the rules by another yacht.
- psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- 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
- put together — assemble
- pyrogenicity — the characteristic of causing fever
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- radiographer — X-ray technician
- ranging pole — a pole for marking positions in surveying
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- repagination — Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
- rephotograph — to photograph again
- report stage — the stage preceding the third reading in the passage of a bill through Parliament, at which the bill, as amended in committee, is reported back to the chamber considering it
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- reprographer — a perspm who engages in reprography
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
- revenge porn — sexually suggestive images of someone, typically a former romantic partner, that are posted online or otherwise shared without the person's consent.
- ripe old age — advanced age
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- rose pogonia — a North American terrestrial orchid, Pogonia ophioglossoides, having a fragrant, usually solitary rose-pink or white flower.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
- scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
- 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.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shepherd dog — sheepdog.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.