11-letter words containing c, a, p, g
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- periglacial — occurring or operating adjacent to the margin of a glacier.
- permanganic — of or derived from permanganic acid.
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- 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.
- plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
- play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
- 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.
- poached egg — A poached egg is an egg cooked gently in boiling water, without its shell.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- prepackaged — to package (foodstuffs or manufactured goods) before retail distribution or sale.
- price range — the highest and lowest price of a commodity, security, etc., over a given period of time.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- sarcophagal — related to or depicted on sarcophagi
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.
- serigraphic — of or pertaining to serigraphy
- shag carpet — shag pile carpet
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- space group — a set of symmetry elements that brings a periodic arrangement of points on a Bravais space lattice to its original position.
- space stage — a stage set, often limited to an arrangement of ramps and platforms, in which actors and set pieces are spotlighted against the bare background of a dark or black cyclorama.
- spacefaring — space travel
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- sparagmatic — denoting a type of Precambrian rock found in Scandinavia
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- spectrogram — a representation or photograph of a spectrum.
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).