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13-letter words containing p, r, a, n, g

  • decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
  • deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
  • disparagement — the act of disparaging.
  • disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
  • 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.
  • drawing paper — artist's paper for drawing and sketching
  • drip painting — a technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
  • earning power — business: ability to profit
  • eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • 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
  • evening paper — a newspaper that comes out in the evening
  • expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
  • expropriating — Present participle of expropriate.
  • extrapolating — Present participle of extrapolate.
  • fairy penguin — a small penguin, Eudyptula minor, with a bluish head and back, found on the Australian coast
  • fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
  • flameproofing — Present participle of flameproof.
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gartner group — (company)   One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • george patton — Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
  • grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
  • granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
  • grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
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