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11-letter words containing p, i, g, l, e

  • gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
  • glans penis — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
  • glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
  • glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.
  • glimepiride — A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug.
  • goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
  • goosepimple — Alt form goose pimple.
  • gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
  • graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
  • grillparzer — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
  • helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
  • heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
  • hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
  • impanelling — Present participle of impanel.
  • imperilling — Present participle of imperil.
  • impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
  • impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
  • interloping — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
  • lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
  • large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
  • lead piping — pipes made of lead
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • leg-pulling — the act of performing practical jokes
  • lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • linguaphile — a language and word lover.
  • lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
  • lipogenesis — (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce.
  • long primer — a 12-point type.
  • long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
  • magic spell — incantation or curse
  • magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
  • megalopolis — a very large city.
  • megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
  • megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • meliphagous — feeding on honey
  • melting pot — a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
  • mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
  • mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
  • missile gap — a lag in one country's missile production relative to the production of another country.
  • misspelling — the act of spelling incorrectly: Note his misspelling of that word.
  • mpeg-4 hiln — MPEG-4 Harmonics, individual lines and noise
  • oligopolies — Plural form of oligopoly.
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