11-letter words containing l, a, g, i
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palpitating — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- panhandling — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- 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.
- parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- passacaglia — a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- 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).
- pencil gate — any of a large number of narrow gates used for rapid distribution of metal in large castings.
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- periglacial — occurring or operating adjacent to the margin of a glacier.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- philologian — a philologist.
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarizer — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- 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.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
- platemaking — the act of making plates
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- 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
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- polymyalgia — a chronic inflammatory disease, common among older persons, characterized by recurrent episodes of muscle pain and stiffness, sometimes leading to cardiovascular complications or blindness.