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.