11-letter words containing i, n, s, g
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overfishing — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- page design — the way a page is organized and presented
- painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- panic grass — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- 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.
- patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- pedogenesis — the process of soil formation.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- perigenesis — the name given by Haeckel to a theory of reproduction positing that dynamic life force is transmitted from one generation to the next
- persevering — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- pershing ii — a 38-foot (12 meters) U.S. Army surface-to-surface nuclear missile with a single warhead and range of more than 1000 miles (1609 km).
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- pet sitting — the act of caring for a pet in its own home while the owner is away.
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- physiognomy — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- picturising — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pigeon post — the use of homing pigeons to carry messages
- pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pinstriping — a design, as on a fabric or surface, consisting of pinstripes: There's a surcharge if the car has pinstriping.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plenishings — furnishings or equipment
- polygenesis — origin from more than one ancestral species or line.
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- positioning — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potshotting — the act of taking potshots
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- pre-selling — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- pre-testing — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- predesigned — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- progressing — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.