13-letter words containing p, o, g
- complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
- complementing — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- complimenting — an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one's morale.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- computer game — A computer game is a game that you play on a computer or on a small portable piece of electronic equipment.
- computer geek — (jargon) (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
- contents page — the page in a book that shows the table of contents
- contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- control group — any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- cottage piano — a small upright piano
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- couch-hopping — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- coup de poing — (no longer in technical use) a Lower Paleolithic stone hand ax, pointed or ovate in shape and having sharp cutting edges.
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-posting — the sending of an email to many forums, mailing lists, etc
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
- cryptological — cryptography.
- cryptozoology — the study of creatures, such as the Loch Ness monster, whose existence has not been scientifically proved
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cytopathology — a branch of pathology that examines individual cells in order to diagnose disease
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
- daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- decompounding — Present participle of decompound.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- deng xiaoping — 1904–97, Chinese Communist statesman; deputy prime minister (1973–76; 1977–80) and the dominant figure in the Chinese government from 1977 until his death. He was twice removed from office (1967–73, 1976–77) and rehabilitated. He introduced economic liberalization, but suppressed demands for political reform, most notably in 1989 when over 2500 demonstrators were killed by the military in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
- depathologize — (transitive) To cease to treat as a medical disorder.
- dephlegmation — the act of dephlegmating
- depressogenic — Causing or tending to cause depression.
- dermatography — a treatise or writing concerning the skin