12-letter words containing p, r, o, t, a, g
- export agent — an person who acts on behalf of a business to develop a market for a product or service in a foreign country
- factor group — quotient group.
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gloria patri — the short hymn “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”.
- glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in good part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by 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.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- 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.
- 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.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- optical grep — vgrep
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.