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11-letter words containing a, p, n, g

  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
  • pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
  • phase angle — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • philologian — a philologist.
  • phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
  • piano organ — a mechanical piano that is built like a barrel organ
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
  • pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
  • placatingly — in a placating manner
  • plane angle — an angle between two intersecting lines.
  • planet gear — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
  • planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • planigraphy — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
  • planogamete — a motile gamete.
  • planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • plantagenet — a member of the royal house that ruled England from the accession of Henry II in 1154 to the death of Richard III in 1485.
  • plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
  • 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.
  • platemaking — the act of making plates
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
  • playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
  • point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
  • polar angle — Usually, polar coordinates. one of two coordinates used to locate a point in a plane by the length of its radius vector and the angle this vector makes with the polar axis (polar angle)
  • poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
  • polling day — date of election voting
  • polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
  • polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
  • polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
  • pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
  • pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
  • pornography — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
  • port orange — a city in E Florida.
  • postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
  • postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • potamogeton — a plant of the Potamogeton genus of perennial aquatic plants, known also as pondweed
  • poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
  • pre-arrange — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
  • pre-bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
  • pre-hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
  • pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • prearranged — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
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