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11-letter words containing p, o, g

  • ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
  • ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
  • groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
  • group grope — sexual activity involving several people; orgy.
  • group speed — the speed at which energy is propagated in a wave. This is the quantity determined when one measures the distance which the radiation travels in a given time. In a medium in which the speed increases with wavelength the group speed is less than the phase speed, and vice versa
  • group-grope — sexual activity involving several people; orgy.
  • groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
  • gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
  • gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
  • gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
  • gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
  • gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
  • gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
  • gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
  • hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
  • hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
  • hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
  • half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
  • haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
  • haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
  • haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
  • harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
  • hedgehopped — Simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop.
  • helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
  • heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
  • hippologist — the study of horses.
  • histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
  • hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
  • holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
  • holographed — to make by the use of holography.
  • holographer — One who creates holograms.
  • holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
  • homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
  • homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
  • hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
  • hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
  • hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
  • horographer — a person who reckons time
  • hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
  • house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
  • humming top — a top that hums as it spins
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