11-letter words containing a, g, l, s
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plasmalogen — any of the class of phosphatides that contain an aldehyde of a fatty acid, found in heart and skeletal muscle, the brain, the liver, and in eggs.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
- plate glass — a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quasi-legal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- radiologist — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- regimentals — of or relating to a regiment.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- registrable — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- riding sail — a triangular sail set on the aftermost mast of a vessel, especially a fishing vessel, to head it into the wind; trysail.
- ringed seal — an Arctic seal, Phoca hispida, having irregular, pale, ring-shaped markings around its body.
- ripplegrass — English plantain.
- saddle gall — a raw area of skin, with loss of hair, on the back or behind the elbow of a horse caused by uneven pressure by the saddle or girth
- sailboating — the sport of using a sailing boat
- sailplaning — the sport of flying sailplanes
- salad green — a leafy green vegetable, as lettuce, watercress, or escarole, served raw as or in a salad.
- salpingitis — inflammation of a salpinx.
- salsuginous — full of salt or able to grow in salty soil
- salting out — the addition of salt to a mixture to precipitate proteins, soaps, and other simple organic compounds.
- salting-out — Salting-out is the effect when adding a salt to a solvent containing an organic solute reduces the solubility of that solute.
- salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- samuel ting — Samuel C(hao) C(hung) [chou choo ng] /tʃaʊ tʃʊŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1936, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1976.
- san gabriel — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sao goncalo — a city in SE Brazil, NE of Rio de Janeiro.
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- satin glass — an American art glassware having colored glass set into indentations in a thickness of opaque glass, the whole covered with clear glass and etched slightly with acid.
- scaffoldage — a scaffold or scaffolding
- scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scamblingly — in a scambling, noisy, or intrusive manner
- scatterling — a person with no fixed home; a wanderer; a vagabond
- scent gland — any of various specialized skin glands, occurring in many kinds of animals, that emit an odor commonly functioning as a social or sexual signal or a defensive weapon.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screamingly — If you say that something is, for example, screamingly funny or screamingly boring, you mean that it is extremely funny or extremely boring.
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.