9-letter words containing p, a, g, o
- palillogy — the repetition of a phrase or word
- panegoism — a form of scepticism; subjective idealism
- panlogism — the doctrine that the universe is a realization or act of the logos.
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- paralogia — incoherent speech or thinking
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- paregoric — a camphorated tincture of opium, containing benzoic acid, anise oil, etc., used chiefly to stop diarrhea in children.
- parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parroting — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- parsonage — the residence of a member of the clergy, as provided by the parish or church.
- part song — a song with parts for several voices, especially one meant to be sung without accompaniment.
- partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
- passalong — the act of giving or conveying something to another person for additional use: Readership passalong means that three people read every copy of the magazine.
- pastorage — pastorate.
- pastoring — a minister or priest in charge of a church.
- patagonia — a tableland region of southern Argentina.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- pathogens — any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- pathology — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- patrology — Also called patristics. the branch of theology dealing with the teachings of the church fathers.
- patronage — the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
- pavlograd — a city in E Ukraine, E of Dnepropetrovsk.
- pedagogic — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedagogue — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pedograph — an imprint on paper of the foot.
- pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- petrograd — former name (1914–24) of St. Petersburg (def 2).
- petrogram — a drawing or painting on rock, especially one made by a member of a prehistoric people.
- petrolage — the addition of petrol to the surface of a body of water to get rid of mosquitoes
- phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phagosome — a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
- pharyngo- — pharynx
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phone tag — telephone tag.
- phonogram — a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
- photalgia — pain, as in an eye, that is caused by intensity of light.
- photogram — a silhouette photograph made by placing an object directly on sensitized paper and exposing it to light.
- pictogram — pictograph.
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plate-dog — a heavy metal plate on which plates, stereos, etc., are locked into position for printing on a rotary press.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- plugboard — Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.