11-letter words containing g, i, o, r
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- point group — a class of crystals determined by a combination of their symmetry elements, all crystals left unchanged by a given set of symmetry elements being placed in the same class.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- pompom girl — a female cheerleader, as for a football team, whose routines often include the waving of large flowerlike clusters or streamers resembling pompoms.
- ponderingly — in a pondering manner
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- prairie dog — any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
- pre-opening — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- preignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- proctologic — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- progenitive — capable of having offspring; reproductive.
- progeniture — procreation
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- programming — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
- progressing — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- progression — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
- progressism — the philosophy of a progressist
- progressist — a person favoring progress, as in politics; progressive.
- progressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- promenading — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- propagation — the act of propagating.
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- prorogation — to discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- prospecting — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- prostrating — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- protagonist — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
- prototyping — The creation of a model and the simulation of all aspects of a product. CASE tools support different degrees of prototyping. Some offer the end-user the ability to review all aspects of the user interface and the structure of documentation and reports before code is generated.
- proxy fight — a contest between factions of stockholders in a company, in which each group attempts to gain control by soliciting signed proxy statements for sufficient votes.