12-letter words containing r, e, a, l, g
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- oligospermia — (medicine) Low volume of semen.
- optical grep — vgrep
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- orange lodge — a Protestant fraternal organization based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the English-speaking world where there are significant Irish populations
- oregon trail — a route used during the U.S. westward migrations, especially in the period from 1840 to 1860, starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. About 2000 miles (3200 km) long.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- oriental rug — a rug or carpet woven usually in Asia and characterized by hand-knotted pile.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
- palace guard — the security force protecting a palace.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- paleographer — sb who studies ancient scripts
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paraglossate — having paraglossae
- paralanguage — vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.
- parallelling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parlour game — A parlour game is a game that is played indoors by families or at parties, for example a guessing game.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
- patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- perez galdos — Benito [buh-nee-toh;; Spanish be-nee-taw] /bəˈni toʊ;; Spanish bɛˈni tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1843–1920, Spanish journalist, dramatist, and novelist.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petrol gauge — a gauge that indicates the amount of petrol left in the tank of a vehicle
- philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phlebography — venography.
- pig islander — a New Zealander
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- plate girder — an iron or steel beam built up from plates and shapes welded or riveted together, usually including a plate or plates for a web, four angle irons forming two flanges, and a pair of plates to reinforce the flanges.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- plea bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- plea-bargain — to engage in plea bargaining.
- pollen grain — a single granule of pollen.
- port angeles — a city in NW Washington, on the Juan de Fuca Strait.
- porto alegre — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
- powerwalking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- pre-language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- pre-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- pre-planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- preinaugural — occurring before an inauguration
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture