11-letter words containing s, g, p
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- pigeon post — the use of homing pigeons to carry messages
- pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pinstriping — a design, as on a fabric or surface, consisting of pinstripes: There's a surcharge if the car has pinstriping.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- pistol grip — a handle or grip, as of a rifle or saw, shaped like the butt of a pistol.
- piston ring — a metallic ring, usually one of a series, and split so as to be expansible, placed around a piston in order to maintain a tight fit, as inside the cylinder of an engine.
- plagiarised — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- plagiostome — (of fish) belonging to the genus Plagiostomi, which includes sharks and rays, characterized by a transverse mouth with the jaw suspended from the skull
- plasmalogen — any of the class of phosphatides that contain an aldehyde of a fatty acid, found in heart and skeletal muscle, the brain, the liver, and in eggs.
- plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
- plastic bag — carrier bag, sack made of plastic
- plate glass — a soda-lime-silica glass formed by rolling the hot glass into a plate that is subsequently ground and polished, used in large windows, mirrors, etc.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- plenishings — furnishings or equipment
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- plutologist — a person who has expertise in plutology
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- polygenesis — origin from more than one ancestral species or line.
- polyglotism — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- pore fungus — any fungus of the families Boletacea and Polyporaceae, bearing spores in tubes or pores.
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- positioning — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- postcollege — an institution of higher learning, especially one providing a general or liberal arts education rather than technical or professional training. Compare university.
- postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
- postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potshotting — the act of taking potshots
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- pre-selling — to sell in advance, as before manufacture or construction: to presell a planned house.
- pre-testing — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- precognosce — to conduct a preliminary examination of (a witness, a claim) prior to a trial
- predesigned — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
- predigested — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- preregister — to register in advance
- presagement — an omen
- press agent — a person employed to promote the interests of an individual, organization, etc., by obtaining favorable publicity through advertisements, mentions in columns, and the like.
- pressburger — Emeric (ˈɛmərɪk). 1902–88, Hungarian film writer and producer, living in Britain: best known for his collaboration (1942–57) with Michael Powell. Films include The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), I Know Where I'm Going (1945), and A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
- prestigious — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.