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11-letter words containing p, o, g

  • outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
  • outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
  • outspanning — Present participle of outspan.
  • outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
  • overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • overpackage — to package excessively
  • overprogram — to program (something) with unnecessary details or instructions
  • overtopping — to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
  • packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
  • paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
  • page proofs — the final version of a book before it goes to the printer, containing all elements including page numbers and layout
  • pagoda tree — a Chinese leguminous tree, Sophora japonica, with ornamental white flowers and dark green foliage
  • palaeologus — family name of Byzantine rulers 1259–1453.
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • panegyricon — a collection of sermons
  • panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
  • pango pango — Pago Pago.
  • panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
  • pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
  • pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
  • pantomiming — the art or technique of conveying emotions, actions, feelings, etc., by gestures without speech.
  • paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
  • paraglossal — of or relating to paraglossae
  • parking lot — an area, usually divided into individual spaces, intended for parking motor vehicles.
  • 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.
  • passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
  • passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • pathography — a biography that focuses on the negative elements of its subject.
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
  • patrologist — a student of patrology.
  • patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • patronizing — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
  • patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
  • pawnbroking — the business of a pawnbroker.
  • pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
  • pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
  • pedogenesis — the process of soil formation.
  • pedogenetic — the process of soil formation.
  • pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
  • peeping tom — a person who obtains sexual gratification by observing others surreptitiously, especially a man who looks through windows at night.
  • pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
  • penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
  • pentagonese — a style of language characterized by the use of euphemisms, technical jargon, acronyms, and circumlocutions, used especially by people working in the U.S. military establishment.
  • pentagonoid — like a pentagon in shape.
  • pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
  • perigordian — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Upper Paleolithic cultural epoch in southern France, especially of the Périgord region.
  • perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
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