12-letter words containing p, u, g
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
- cut up rough — to become angry or bad-tempered
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- expugnations — Plural form of expugnation.
- factor group — quotient group.
- fluorography — photofluorography.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
- gallup polls — a representative sampling of public opinion or public awareness concerning a certain subject or issue.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gap junction — a linkage of two adjacent cells consisting of a system of channels extending across a gap from one cell to the other, allowing the passage of ions and small molecules.
- garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- get the hump — If someone gets the hump, they get very annoyed about something.
- get up steam — (of a ship, etc) to work up a sufficient head of steam in a boiler to drive an engine
- ginger group — the most active group within an organization, as a political party.
- glamour puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glamour-puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glove puppet — a small figure of a person or animal that fits over and is manipulated by the hand
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- great plague — the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.
- gross output — the total output of a firm, industry, or economy without deducting intermediate costs
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gutter press — press specializing in sensationalism
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.