11-letter words containing p, l, e, g
- grey plover — the black-bellied plover.
- grillparzer — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
- groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
- gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
- harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- hedge apple — osage orange.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- impanelling — Present participle of impanel.
- imperilling — Present participle of imperil.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- interloping — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- joggle post — a wooden king post having notches or raised areas for receiving and supporting the feet of struts.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- lapel badge — pin or button worn on the collar
- 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.
- last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
- 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.
- leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
- leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
- leg-pulling — the act of performing practical jokes
- lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
- light opera — operetta.
- 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.
- lipogenesis — (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
- long primer — a 12-point type.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- lower egypt — Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo. Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.