11-letter words containing p, a, g, o
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphomotor — pertaining to the muscular movements in writing.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
- greaseproof — Resistant to grease.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
- hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- horographer — a person who reckons time
- hyalography — the technique of writing or engraving on glass.
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hygrographs — Plural form of hygrograph.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hymnography — the craft of hymn composition
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypoglossal — situated under the tongue.
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).