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11-letter words containing p, i, g, r, o

  • organ point — a tone sustained by one part, usually the bass, while other parts progress without reference to it.
  • outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
  • outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
  • overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
  • panegyricon — a collection of sermons
  • panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
  • parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronizing — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
  • pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
  • pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
  • perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
  • perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
  • pettifogger — a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
  • philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
  • piano organ — a mechanical piano that is built like a barrel organ
  • piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
  • pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
  • picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
  • pigeon drop — a confidence game or sleight-of-hand swindle whereby cash is extracted from the victim as collateral for a supposed share in a large sum of discovered money, dishonest profits, or gambling winnings, which in fact are nonexistent.
  • pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
  • pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
  • piping cord — Cord that is covered in fabric and used to decorate a seam
  • pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
  • pistol grip — a handle or grip, as of a rifle or saw, shaped like the butt of a pistol.
  • piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
  • point group — a class of crystals determined by a combination of their symmetry elements, all crystals left unchanged by a given set of symmetry elements being placed in the same class.
  • point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
  • poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
  • poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
  • polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • pompom girl — a female cheerleader, as for a football team, whose routines often include the waving of large flowerlike clusters or streamers resembling pompoms.
  • ponderingly — in a pondering manner
  • porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
  • port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
  • posturizing — to posture; pose.
  • potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
  • pouring box — tundish (def 2).
  • prairie dog — any of several burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys, of North American prairies, having a barklike cry: some are endangered.
  • pre-opening — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
  • preboarding — to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others: Passengers with disabilities will be preboarded.
  • preignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
  • prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
  • prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
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