11-letter words containing a, p, o, l, g
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- oesophageal — esophageal.
- opthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- orange peel — outer skin of an orange
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- palaeologus — family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paraglossal — of or relating to paraglossae
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- philologian — a philologist.
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- 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
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- planogamete — a motile gamete.
- planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- 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.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- 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.
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- 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)
- polarograph — a device for analysing ions in solution by using an electrolytic cell with a very small cathode
- 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
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- polymyalgia — a chronic inflammatory disease, common among older persons, characterized by recurrent episodes of muscle pain and stiffness, sometimes leading to cardiovascular complications or blindness.