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11-letter words containing g, e, l, o, n

  • 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)
  • prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • prolongable — able to be lengthened
  • prolongated — to prolong.
  • prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
  • proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
  • quinagolide — A dopamine agonist used to treat elevated levels of prolactin.
  • reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
  • regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • regionalize — to divide or organize into regions for administrative purposes
  • rejoicingly — in a rejoicing or exultant manner
  • religionary — pertaining to religion
  • religionism — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
  • religionist — excessive or exaggerated religious zeal.
  • religionize — to be devoted to or bring under the influence of religion
  • remodelling — to model again.
  • reprovingly — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
  • rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
  • rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
  • rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
  • round angle — perigon.
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • scientology — the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential
  • seigniorial — of or relating to a seignior.
  • self-moving — capable of moving without an external agency.
  • self-strong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
  • shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
  • single bond — a chemical linkage consisting of one covalent bond between two atoms of a molecule, represented in chemical formulas by one line or two vertical dots, as C–H or C:H.
  • single knot — overhand knot.
  • single room — hotel room for one person
  • single-foot — rack3 (def 1).
  • single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
  • smouldering — burning slowly without flame, usually emitting smoke
  • snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
  • solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
  • solid angle — an angle formed by three or more planes intersecting in a common point or formed at the vertex of a cone.
  • sovereignly — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • splodginess — the state of being splodgy
  • strong gale — a wind of 47–54 miles per hour (21–24 m/sec).
  • struggle on — If you struggle on, you continue doing something rather than stopping, even though it is difficult.
  • summer-long — lasting all summer
  • synoecology — the science of relationships between species
  • technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • teetotaling — of or relating to, advocating, or pledged to total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
  • telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • telling-off — If you give someone a telling-off, you tell them that you are very angry with them about something they have done.
  • tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
  • terminology — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
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