13-letter words containing p, o, r, n, g
- gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
- gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- hemp agrimony — a European composite plant, Eupatorium cannabinum, having dull purplish flowers.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impignoration — the state of being mortgaged
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- incorporating — to form into a legal corporation.
- intercropping — Present participle of intercrop.
- interpolating — Present participle of interpolate.
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- kernel parlog — (language) A modeless intermediate language for Parlog compilation.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- magnetographs — Plural form of magnetograph.
- magnetosphere — the outer region of the earth's ionosphere, where the earth's magnetic field controls the motion of charged particles, as in the Van Allen belts. Compare magnetopause.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- megasporangia — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- microchipping — Present participle of microchip.
- mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
- mongol empire — an empire founded in the 12th century by Genghis Khan, which reached its greatest territorial extent in the 13th century, encompassing the larger part of Asia and extending westward to the Dnieper River in eastern Europe.
- morning paper — a paper published the night before for distribution in the morning (as opposed to an evening paper)
- morphogenesis — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- name-dropping — the introduction into one's conversation, letters, etc., of the names of famous or important people as alleged friends or associates in order to impress others.
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- nephrological — of or relating to nephrology
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- nonperceiving — Unperceiving.
- nonperforming — not performing well or properly.
- nonpracticing — not currently practicing one's profession, religion, etc.: a nonpracticing physician.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- nonprogrammer — a person who is not a programmer
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.