12-letter words containing r, a, g, p, i
- margin plank — a plank forming a border for wooden decking.
- marlingspike — Alternative spelling of marlinspike.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- 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.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microprogram — Computers. a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- napier grass — a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.
- new paradigm — a set of beliefs that replaces another set which is believed no longer to apply
- newspapering — Present participle of newspaper.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonoperating — Not operating.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- opera singer — a professional singer of opera
- 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
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
- paint bridge — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- pair skating — a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.
- palm springs — a city in S California: resort.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paramagnetic — a body or substance that, placed in a magnetic field, possesses magnetization in direct proportion to the field strength; a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are not aligned.
- paraphrasing — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parascending — parasailing
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- paring gouge — a woodworker's gouge having the bezel on the concave face.
- paring knife — a short-bladed kitchen knife for paring fruits and vegetables.
- parking fine — penalty fee for an offence
- parking ramp — apron (def 6).
- parmigianino — (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) 1503–40, Italian painter.