11-letter words containing p, l, a, i, n, g
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- impanelling — Present participle of impanel.
- implicating — Present participle of implicate.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- inculpating — Present participle of inculpate.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- lap dancing — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
- 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.
- 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.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- misplanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
- 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.
- philologian — a philologist.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- 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.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- platemaking — the act of making plates