12-letter words containing p, r, a, n, g
- chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- chronographs — Plural form of chronograph.
- chronography — an arrangement of past events
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- disappearing — Present participle of disappear.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- dripping pan — a shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch the dripping
- ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
- ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
- earsplitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
- expatriating — Present participle of expatriate.
- export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- garnet paper — an abrasive paper coated with pulverized garnet.
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- genappe yarn — a worsted yarn that has been genapped and made smooth and lustrous.
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- georgia pine — longleaf pine.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.