11-letter words containing g, r, a, p, n
- panic grass — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- paperhanger — a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paragenetic — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paragliding — a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parapenting — a cross between hang-gliding and parachuting, a sport in which the participant jumps from a high place wearing a modified type of parachute, which is then used as a hang-glider
- parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- parking bay — a space in a car park designed to be large enough to park a vehicle in
- 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.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- penetrating — able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- peregrinate — to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
- perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
- permanganic — of or derived from permanganic acid.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- 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).
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
- piano organ — a mechanical piano that is built like a barrel organ
- pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
- planet gear — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- planigraphy — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- 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
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- 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.
- pornography — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- port orange — a city in E Florida.
- pre-arrange — to arrange in advance or beforehand.
- pre-bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- pre-hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.