11-letter words containing p, l, e, g, i
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- repaglinide — an oral drug used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with metformin.
- repellingly — in a way that repels, repellently
- repentingly — in a repenting fashion; repentantly
- reprovingly — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
- 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.
- single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
- single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- single-step — to perform a single instruction on (a program), generally under the control of a debug program
- sleep tight — Sleep well
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speed light — an electronic flash lamp.
- spindlelegs — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
- spiral gear — a type of helical gear used for transmitting power between shafts that are at an angle to each other.
- splintering — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- splodginess — the state of being splodgy
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- sprightless — without any spirit or liveliness
- spring line — warp (def 16).
- springfield — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill.
- springville — a town in central Utah.
- stepsibling — a stepbrother or stepsister.
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- tetraplegia — quadriplegia.
- unappealing — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- wirepulling — an act of pulling wires.