11-letter words containing p, a, y, g
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
- photography — the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phytography — the branch of botany dealing with the description of plants.
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- 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.
- planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- 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.
- polling day — date of election voting
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- 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.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- pornography — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- prayer flag — a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe that its fluttering sends out the prayers inscribed on it.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- propagatory — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pyrargyrite — a blackish mineral, silver antimony sulfide, AgSbS 3 , showing, when transparent, a deep ruby-red color by transmitted light; ruby silver: an ore of silver.
- pyroballogy — the study of artillery
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- radiography — the production of radiographs.
- reprography — the reproduction and duplication of documents, written materials, drawings, designs, etc., by any process making use of light rays or photographic means, including offset printing, microfilming, photography, office duplicating, and the like.
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.