13-letter words containing p, o, g, r
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin
- dermographism — dermatographia.
- diageotropism — a diatropic response of plant parts, such as rhizomes, to the stimulus of gravity
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- disempowering — Present participle of disempower.
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- drag and drop — A common method for manipulating files (and sometimes text) under a graphical user interface or WIMP environment. The user moves the pointer over an icon representing a file and presses a mouse button. He holds the button down while moving the pointer (dragging the file) to another place, usually a directory viewer or an icon for some application program, and then releases the button (dropping the file). The meaning of this action can often be modified by holding certain keys on the keyboard at the same time. Some systems also use this technique for objects other than files, e.g. portions of text in a word processor. The biggest problem with drag and drop is does it mean "copy" or "move"? The answer to this question is not intuitively evident, and there is no consensus for which is the right answer. The same vendor even makes it move in some cases and copy in others. Not being sure whether an operation is copy or move will cause you to check very often, perhaps every time if you need to be certain. Mistakes can be costly. People make mistakes all the time with drag and drop. Human computer interaction studies show a higher failure rate for such operations, but also a higher "forgiveness rate" (users think "silly me") than failures with commands (users think "stupid machine"). Overall, drag and drop took some 40 times longer to do than single-key commands.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drownproofing — a survival technique, for swimmers or nonswimmers, in which the body is allowed to float vertically in the water, with the head submerged, the lungs filled with air, and the arms and legs relaxed, the head being raised to breathe every ten seconds or so.
- dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
- earning power — business: ability to profit
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrotyping — The act or process of making electrotypes.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- 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
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
- extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
- extemporizing — Present participle of extemporize.
- extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
- fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- gallop rhythm — an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.
- gartner group — (company) One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
- gas separator — A gas separator is a device used to remove liquids from a natural gas stream.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastroparesis — (pathology) A condition, often a complication of diabetes, characterised by a delayed emptying of the stomach.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
- gastroscopist — One who carries out gastroscopy.
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- geomorphology — the study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms.
- george patton — Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.