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12-letter words containing r, a, g, p, i

  • epigraphical — Epigraphic.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
  • exasperating — Intensely irritating; infuriating.
  • expatriating — Present participle of expatriate.
  • finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
  • finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
  • firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
  • gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
  • gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
  • garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
  • garrison cap — overseas cap.
  • gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
  • generalships — Plural form of generalship.
  • geographical — of or relating to geography.
  • georgia pine — longleaf pine.
  • germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
  • giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
  • glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
  • 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.”.
  • gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
  • gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
  • grape picker — someone who picks grapes
  • graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
  • graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
  • graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
  • gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
  • grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
  • great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
  • grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
  • guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
  • guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
  • h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
  • hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
  • hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
  • helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
  • heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
  • heliographer — (obsolete) Photographer.
  • heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
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