11-letter words containing p, e, r, i, g, a
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- paper tiger — a person, group, nation, or thing that has the appearance of strength or power but is actually weak or ineffectual.
- papermaking — the art or action of making paper
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paragenetic — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parapenting — a cross between hang-gliding and parachuting, a sport in which the participant jumps from a high place wearing a modified type of parachute, which is then used as a hang-glider
- parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- penetrating — able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
- peregrinate — to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- periglacial — occurring or operating adjacent to the margin of a glacier.
- perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
- permanganic — of or derived from permanganic acid.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarizer — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- pragmatizer — someone who pragmatizes
- prairie dog — any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
- pre-bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- pre-hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
- pre-warning — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
- premarriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- pretraining — the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
- price range — the highest and lowest price of a commodity, security, etc., over a given period of time.
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- promenading — a stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.
- propagative — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- 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.
- recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- repaglinide — an oral drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with metformin.
- ripplegrass — English plantain.
- ropedancing — the act of dancing on a rope
- saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.