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13-letter words containing l, a, e, g

  • phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • pilsner-glass — a pale, light lager beer.
  • place pigalle — a square in Paris, France: noted for its night clubs.
  • place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
  • placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
  • plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • plain bearing — any of various bearings, not containing rolling elements, that present to the shaft or axle they support broad areas of corresponding form, usually segments of a cylinder.
  • plain dealing — direct and honest conduct in one's relations and transactions with others.
  • plane sailing — sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
  • planetologist — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • platform game — a type of computer game that is played by moving a figure on the screen through a series of obstacles and problems
  • play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • polemological — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
  • polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
  • polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
  • polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
  • polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • power loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • power walking — a form of exercise that involves rapid walking with arms bent and swinging naturally.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
  • prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
  • preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
  • prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
  • press gallery — a press section, especially in a legislative chamber.
  • pressed glass — molded glass that has been shaped or given its pattern, while molten, by the action of a plunger thrust into the mold.
  • progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
  • progressional — the act of progressing; forward or onward movement.
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • pulse dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein electrical pulses corresponding to the digits in the number called are generated by manipulating a rotary dial or push buttons (contrasted with tone dialing).
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadrigeminal — Having four parts, or two pairs.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • quarter eagle — a gold coin of the U.S. (issued 1796–1929), one fourth of an eagle.
  • quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
  • rabblerousing — Of or pertaining to a rabble-rouser.
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