11-letter words containing g, u, a
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pelagius ii — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
- 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.
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- qinhuangdao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- quack grass — a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadrigatus — a silver coin of ancient Rome, bearing an image of Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse.
- quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
- quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quantifying — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quasi-legal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
- quinagolide — A dopamine agonist used to treat elevated levels of prolactin.
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- quitchgrass — Elymus repens.