11-letter words containing p, r, o, g
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- diskography — discography.
- dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
- do up right — to do carefully or thoroughly
- doxographer — a person who collects the opinions and conjectures of ancient Greek philosophers
- drag-n-drop — (spelling) Stupid spelling of drag and drop.
- drop siding — weatherboarding having its upper edges narrowed to fit into grooves or rabbets in its lower edges, and its backs flat against the sheathing or studs of the wall.
- dropped egg — a poached egg.
- drug report — (humour) A bug report so utterly incomprehensible that whoever submitted it must have been smoking crack. Even worse than a chug report.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- ecrc-prolog — Evidently Prolog with coroutine extensions. See also SEPIA.
- el progreso — city in NW Honduras: pop. 81,000
- energy crop — plant cultivated for fuel
- ergatomorph — an ergatoid ant
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- evaporating — Present participle of evaporate.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- expurgatory — Serving to expurgate.
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- finger post — a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
- froghoppers — Plural form of froghopper.
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- gametophore — a part or structure bearing gametangia.
- gamotropism — the tendency of gametes to attract each other
- gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
- gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- geographers — Plural form of geographer.
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- ghostscript — (graphics, tool) The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- go ape over — to become crazy or extremely enthusiastic about
- go kerplunk — to make a noise when landing on or hitting the bottom of something
- go to press — When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed.