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12-letter words containing t, e, p, g

  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
  • methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
  • multiplexing — having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
  • multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
  • mumblety-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
  • mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
  • naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
  • nephrologist — A physician whose speciality is nephrology.
  • new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
  • night people — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
  • night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
  • night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
  • night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
  • nondepleting — not depleting
  • nonoperating — Not operating.
  • nonpigmented — a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
  • oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
  • oligopeptide — A peptide whose molecules contain a relatively small number of amino-acid residues.
  • opening time — You can refer to the time that a shop, bank, library, or bar opens for business as its opening time.
  • optical grep — vgrep
  • optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
  • organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
  • orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
  • outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
  • outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
  • overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
  • package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
  • 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.
  • paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • panty girdle — women's control pants
  • paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • paraglossate — having paraglossae
  • paraguay tea — maté.
  • 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.
  • parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
  • parting line — the line at which two closed dies or two halves of a mold meet.
  • 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.
  • patent agent — a person who draws up applications for patents
  • patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
  • patrilineage — lineal descent traced through the male line.
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • paying guest — lodger
  • pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
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