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12-letter words containing s, i, e, g, n

  • passing bell — a bell tolled to announce a death or funeral.
  • passing lane — a highway lane in which a driver may pass other vehicles legally.
  • passing note — a note that is foreign to a harmony and is introduced between two successive chord tones in order to produce a melodic transition.
  • pasteurising — to expose (a food, as milk, cheese, yogurt, beer, or wine) to an elevated temperature for a period of time sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, as those that can produce disease or cause spoilage or undesirable fermentation of food, without radically altering taste or quality.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • paying guest — lodger
  • pekinologist — a person who studies the People's Republic of China
  • penguin suit — a man's formal evening suit
  • percent sign — a symbol (%) for “percent”: a 10% drop in population.
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • pet scanning — the action or process of using a PET scanner to obtain an image.
  • petitionings — a number of appeals or requests
  • petrogenesis — the branch of petrology dealing with the origin and formation of rocks.
  • photosetting — photocompose.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
  • piercing saw — a small, fine-gauge saw blade with uniformly spaced, angled teeth, inserted in a jeweler's saw frame and used to cut precious metal and such soft materials as ivory and shell.
  • piercingness — the quality or condition of being piercing
  • pig islander — a New Zealander
  • pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
  • piss-elegant — displaying a contrived, often pretentious, sophistication, opulence, etc.
  • plunge basin — a cavity at the base of a falls or cataract, formed by the action of the falling water.
  • poetastering — the profession of being a poetaster
  • post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
  • pre-existing — to exist beforehand.
  • pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
  • predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • pregustation — the act of tasting beforehand
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • prescreening — to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
  • priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
  • progenitress — a female progenitor (parent or ancestor)
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
  • question tag — interrogative ending to a sentence
  • questionings — Plural form of questioning.
  • quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
  • racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
  • rag business — the garment, clothing, or fashion industry.
  • reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
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