11-letter words containing p, l, i, g
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- lip molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
- 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.
- lipofilling — the surgical transfer of fat removed by liposuction to areas of the body that need filling out.
- 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.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- 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.
- louping ill — an acute viral disease of sheep affecting the nervous system, transmitted by a tick.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- 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.
- 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.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- misplanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- 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.
- morphologic — Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological.
- mpeg-4 hiln — MPEG-4 Harmonics, individual lines and noise
- multiplying — Present participle of multiply.
- nonplussing — Present participle of nonplus.
- oligopolies — Plural form of oligopoly.
- oligopolist — A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.
- oligotrophy — the state of being oligotrophic, or deficient in nutrients but high in oxygen.
- ophiologist — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
- painkilling — of or relating to a drug or method of reducing or eliminating pain
- palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
- palpitating — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- panhandling — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paragliding — a sport resembling hang gliding, in which a person jumps from an aircraft or high place wearing a wide, rectangular, steerable parachute.
- paralleling — extending in the same direction, equidistant at all points, and never converging or diverging: parallel rows of trees.
- parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
- parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.