12-letter words containing t, a, m, p, g
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- 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.
- meat packing — the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- paradigmatic — of or relating to a paradigm.
- paragnathism — the condition or fact of having upper and lower jaws of equal length
- 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.
- perfect game — a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
- permanganate — a salt of permanganic acid, as potassium permanganate.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
- pigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- postorgasmic — of or relating to the period after an orgasm
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
- potamologist — a specialist in potamology
- pragmaticism — the pragmatist philosophy of C. S. Peirce, chiefly a theory of meaning: so called by him to distinguish it from the pragmatism of William James.
- pragmaticist — a follower of the doctrine of pragmatism
- premalignant — occurring before a state of malignancy
- premarketing — before the development of a market
- premigration — occurring before migration
- primogenital — relating to primogeniture
- program note — A program note is an article written in a program for a play or concert that gives information about the performance or production.
- programmatic — of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling program music.
- promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- repromulgate — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- scapegoatism — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- septuagesima — the third Sunday before Lent.
- seringapatam — a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- up a gumtree — in a very awkward position; in difficulties