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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.
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