13-letter words that end in g
- overflow flag — overflow bit
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- pair trawling — the act or practice of using two boats to trawl for fish
- panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
- panel-beating — the act of beating out the bodywork of motor vehicles
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
- parliamenting — parliamentary debating
- participating — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- patternmaking — a person who makes patterns, as for clothing or metal castings.
- peace-keeping — the maintenance of international peace and security by the deployment of military forces in a particular area: the United Nations' efforts toward peacekeeping.
- pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
- pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- pham van dong — 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.
- phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
- phone-tapping — Phone-tapping is the activity of listening secretly to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment. In most cases phone-tapping is illegal.
- phong shading — (graphics) A model of how light is reflected from surfaces used extensively in three dimensional graphics to generate visually realistic images.
- photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
- photo-stating — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- photographing — a picture produced by photography.
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- pile dwelling — a house raised on long columns of timber over the surface of the soil or a body of water
- place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
- plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
- plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
- plain sailing — Navigation. sailing on waters that are free of hazards or obstructions. Compare plane sailing.
- plane sailing — sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
- playwrighting — the writing of plays
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- pontificating — to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prague spring — a brief period of democratization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, under Alexander Dubček.
- pre-sintering — (in powder metallurgy) to heat (a compact) in preparation for sintering.
- precipitating — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.