11-letter words containing p, o, g
- lip molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
- 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.
- local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
- logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- long jumper — an athlete who does the long jump
- 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.
- lower egypt — Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo. Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.
- macrographs — Plural form of macrograph.
- macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophagic — Of or pertaining to macrophages.
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
- media group — an association of companies involved with the means of mass communication
- megalopolis — a very large city.
- megaphoning — Present participle of megaphone.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megapolises — Plural form of megapolis.
- megapolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- 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).
- metaprogram — A program which modifies or generates other programs. A compiler is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- mimographer — a writer of mimes
- monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- monophthong — a vowel retaining the same quality throughout its duration.
- moore graph — A graph which achieves the Moore bound. These are complete graphs, polygon graphs (regular graphs of degree 2) and three others: (nodes, degree, diameter) = (10,3,2), (50,7,2) and the possible but undiscovered (3250,57,2).
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphograph — A logical fragment of a word, such as prefix or suffix, used in teaching spelling.
- morphologic — Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological.
- motion jpeg — Moving JPEG
- moving jpeg — (graphics, compression) (M-JPEG) A compression technique for moving images which applies JPEG still image compression to each frame of a moving picture sequence. Play-back requires a machine capable of decompressing and displaying each JPEG image quickly enough to sustain the required frame rate of the picture sequence. There is no standard for Moving JPEG as with JPEG, but there are JPEG compression chips (for example see Zoran) which are designed to work at television frame rates and resolutions. See also MPEG and MPEG2.
- moving part — a part in a machine that has power to move
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.