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12-letter words containing t, i, g, l, o

  • photobiology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photoglyphic — of or relating to photoglyphy
  • 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.
  • phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
  • phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physiologist — a specialist in physiology.
  • phytobiology — the branch of biology dealing with plants.
  • pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
  • pillow fight — a mock fight in which participants thump each other with pillows
  • pilot engine — a locomotive sent on ahead of a railroad train to see that the way is clear and the track safe.
  • pilot signal — a signal, as a flag or light, used to request a pilot.
  • plagiotropic — growing more or less divergent from the vertical.
  • ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
  • polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • polytriglyph — (in classical architecture) an intercolumniation of at least four triglyphs.
  • post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
  • post-looping — post-synchronization.
  • postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
  • pot marigold — calendula (def 1).
  • potamologist — a specialist in potamology
  • potting soil — enriched topsoil for potting plants, especially house plants.
  • powerlifting — a competition or sport involving three tests of strength: the bench press, squat, and two-handed dead lift.
  • primogenital — relating to primogeniture
  • proctologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
  • prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
  • promulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • protectingly — in a protective manner
  • protistology — the biology of the Protista.
  • psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
  • psychologist — a specialist in psychology.
  • pulling boat — a boat propelled by oars alone.
  • redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • regulation t — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by brokers and dealers to customers for the purchase of securities on margin.
  • regulation u — (in the U.S.) a federal law governing the amount of credit that may be advanced by a bank for the purchase of listed securities.
  • relitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • remote login — (networking)   A client-server program and protocol that provides an interactivel command line interface to a remote computer, using a protocol over a computer network, simulating a locally attached terminal.
  • renegotiable — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
  • reregulation — renewed regulation, the act or process of regulating again
  • retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
  • retrolingual — situated behind or near the base of the tongue.
  • rigging loft — a loft or gallery in a boatbuilder's yard from which rigging can be fitted
  • roofing felt — a type of tar paper made from glass fibre or polyester fleece impregnated with bituminous material, produced in roll form, and used in roof construction
  • sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
  • sailing boat — sailboat.
  • salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
  • sanguinolent — of or relating to blood.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
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