11-letter words containing p, l, a, g
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- painkilling — of or relating to a drug or method of reducing or eliminating pain
- palaeologus — family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palpitating — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- panhandling — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paragliding — a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
- paraglossal — of or relating to paraglossae
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- 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.
- parlor game — any game usually played indoors, especially in the living room or parlor, as a word game or a quiz, requiring little or no physical activity.
- passacaglia — a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- patrologist — a student of patrology.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- pelagius ii — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pencil gate — any of a large number of narrow gates used for rapid distribution of metal in large castings.
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- periglacial — occurring or operating adjacent to the margin of a glacier.
- phase angle — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- philologian — a philologist.
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- pilgrimager — a pilgrim
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarizer — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plane angle — an angle between two intersecting lines.
- planet gear — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.