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11-letter words containing p, a, y, g

  • hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
  • hyperphagia — bulimia.
  • hyperphagic — bulimia.
  • hyphenating — Present participle of hyphenate.
  • 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.
  • hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
  • 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.
  • impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
  • karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
  • kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
  • lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
  • lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
  • macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
  • mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
  • megacephaly — macrocephalic.
  • micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
  • misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
  • murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
  • museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
  • mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
  • mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
  • myelography — the production of myelograms.
  • myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
  • mythography — a written collection of myths.
  • odynophagia — Severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
  • onychophagy — the habit of biting one's fingernails
  • opthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
  • orthography — the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
  • osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
  • ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
  • paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • panegyricon — a collection of sermons
  • pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
  • parking bay — a space in a car park designed to be large enough to park a vehicle in
  • party-giver — a person who gives a party
  • pathography — a biography that focuses on the negative elements of its subject.
  • pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
  • pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
  • pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
  • petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
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