9-letter words containing p, o, g, n
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- pharyngo- — pharynx
- phellogen — cork cambium, a layer of tissue or secondary meristem external to the true cambium, giving rise to cork tissue.
- phenogram — a diagram depicting taxonomic relationships among organisms based on overall similarity of many characteristics without regard to evolutionary history or assumed significance of specific characters: usually generated by computer.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- phone tag — telephone tag.
- phonogram — a unit symbol of a phonetic writing system, standing for a speech sound, syllable, or other sequence of speech sounds without reference to meaning.
- phonology — the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
- photogene — an afterimage on the retina.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- pigeonite — a monoclinic variety of pyroxene consisting mainly of a mixture of (MgFe)SiO 3 and CaMg(SiO 3) 2 .
- pignorate — to pledge or pawn
- ping-pong — to move back and forth or transfer rapidly from one locale, job, etc., to another; switch: The patient was ping-ponged from one medical specialist to another.
- plainsong — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- plough on — If you plough on, you continue moving or trying to complete something, even though it takes a lot of effort to go on.
- ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- plug into — If you plug into a computer system, you are able to use it or see the information stored on it.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- poisoning — a substance with an inherent property that tends to destroy life or impair health.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polygonal — a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- pondering — to consider something deeply and thoroughly; meditate (often followed by over or upon).
- ponograph — an instrument for graphically recording pain or muscular fatigue.
- poopooing — excrement; feces.
- poppering — a type of pear tree
- porringer — a low dish or cup, often with a handle, from which soup, porridge, or the like is eaten.
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pothering — commotion; uproar.
- potholing — exploring caves
- pottering — putter1 .
- pottinger — an apothecary
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- powdering — a thin sprinkling of something on a surface
- poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
- prigogine — Ilya [il-yuh,, eel-;; Russian ee-lyah] /ˈɪl yə,, ˈil-;; Russian iˈlyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1917–2003, Belgian chemist, born in Russia: Nobel prize 1977.
- probingly — with a probing approach
- procuring — to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- producing — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- profiling — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profiting — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- progestin — any substance having progesteronelike activity.