11-letter words containing p, l, e, g
- primigenial — relating to an early stage of existence; primitive
- privileging — a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most: the privileges of the very rich.
- prodigalize — to spend lavishly
- programable — capable of being programmed.
- prolegomena — a preliminary discussion; introductory essay, as prefatory matter in a book; a prologue.
- prolongable — able to be lengthened
- prolongated — to prolong.
- prolongment — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- pseudologia — a psychological condition in which a patient tells elaborate, false stories believing them to be true
- pseudologue — a person who suffers from pseudologia
- pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- 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.
- pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
- 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.
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- ripplegrass — English plantain.
- rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
- 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 rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- sleep tight — Sleep well
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- 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
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- 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.
- sugar apple — sweetsop.
- sugar maple — any of several maples having a sweet sap, especially Acer saccharum (the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin), having a short trunk and long, curving branches, yielding a hard wood used for making furniture and being the chief source of maple sugar.