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

  • pantomiming — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
  • parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
  • patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronizing — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
  • patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
  • pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
  • 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.
  • pentagonese — a style of language characterized by the use of euphemisms, technical jargon, acronyms, and circumlocutions, used especially by people working in the U.S. military establishment.
  • pentagonoid — like a pentagon in shape.
  • pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
  • perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
  • 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).
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
  • prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • programming — a plan of action to accomplish a specified end: a school lunch program.
  • prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
  • prolongable — able to be lengthened
  • prolongated — to prolong.
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