11-letter words containing p, l, a, y, g
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- opthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- planetology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the physical features of the planets.
- 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.
- planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- polling day — date of election voting
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- polymyalgia — a chronic inflammatory disease, common among older persons, characterized by recurrent episodes of muscle pain and stiffness, sometimes leading to cardiovascular complications or blindness.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- prayer flag — a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe that its fluttering sends out the prayers inscribed on it.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pyroballogy — the study of artillery
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- supergalaxy — a system of galaxies.
- typological — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.