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.