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11-letter words containing p, l, a, g, i, r

  • parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
  • parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
  • parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • 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).
  • periglacial — occurring or operating adjacent to the margin of a glacier.
  • philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
  • pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
  • pilgrimager — a pilgrim
  • plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • plagiarizer — to take and use by plagiarism.
  • 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.
  • plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
  • platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
  • playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
  • poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
  • polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
  • primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
  • prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
  • prodigalize — to spend lavishly
  • psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
  • purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
  • quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
  • repaglinide — an oral drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with metformin.
  • riding lamp — a light on a boat or ship showing that it is at anchor
  • ripplegrass — English plantain.
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • septifragal — (of a capsule) dehiscing by breaking away from the partitions but remaining attached to the common axis; dehiscing at the valves or backs of the carpels but leaving the septa intact.
  • sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
  • spreadingly — in a spreading manner
  • spring lamb — a lamb born in the late winter or early spring and sold for slaughter before July 1.
  • telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • tetraplegia — quadriplegia.
  • vapouringly — in a boastful manner
  • xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
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