13-letter words containing p, r, o, t, g
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
- growing point — the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gyro repeater — a navigational compass, under the control of a gyroscope, that automatically indicates true north.
- 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
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- hypnobirthing — the use of hypnotic techniques during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery
- 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
- 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.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- lipogrammatic — of or relating to a lipogram
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- 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.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- 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.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
- 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
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- oppignoration — the act or an instance of pawning or pledging
- organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
- organotropism — Physiology. the attraction of microorganisms or chemical substances to particular organs or tissues of the body.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outperforming — Present participle of outperform.
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.