12-letter words containing p, r, e, o, g
- line probing — A feature of some V.34 modems that will allow them to identify the capacity and quality of the phone line and adjust themselves to allow, for each individual connection, for maximum throughput using the highest possible data transmission rate.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- nonpassenger — One who is not a passenger.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- optical grep — vgrep
- orange pekoe — a black tea composed of the smallest top leaves and grown in India and Ceylon.
- oregon grape — an evergreen shrub, Mahonia aquifolium, of the barberry family, of the western coast of the U.S., having small blue berries and yellow flowers that are the state flower of Oregon.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- paleographer — sb who studies ancient scripts
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms