11-letter words containing p, l, e, g
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
- maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- melting pot — a pot in which metals or other substances are melted or fused.
- meme plague — (philosophy) The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir populations.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- missile gap — a lag in one country's missile production relative to the production of another country.
- misspelling — the act of spelling incorrectly: Note his misspelling of that word.
- mpeg-4 hiln — MPEG-4 Harmonics, individual lines and noise
- mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mumbletypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- oesophageal — esophageal.
- oligopolies — Plural form of oligopoly.
- open prolog — (Prolog, language) Prolog for the Macintosh by Michael Brady <[email protected]>.
- orange peel — outer skin of an orange
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- 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.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- 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
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- 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.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- 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.
- perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
- pestologist — a person who analyses and researches pests and how to get rid of them
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- 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.