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11-letter words containing s, n, a, p, i, g

  • jasperizing — Present participle of jasperize.
  • juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
  • kidnappings — Plural form of kidnapping.
  • lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
  • landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
  • leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • mainsprings — Plural form of mainspring.
  • managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
  • megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
  • misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
  • misplanning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
  • mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
  • misspeaking — (obsolete) Speaking ill; defamation, slander.
  • neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
  • nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
  • outspanning — Present participle of outspan.
  • pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
  • page design — the way a page is organized and presented
  • painstaking — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
  • palletising — to place (materials) upon pallets for handling or moving.
  • palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
  • panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
  • panic grass — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
  • pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
  • paragenesis — the origin of minerals or mineral deposits in contact so as to affect one another's formation.
  • parasailing — a special parachute, kept open with wing-tip holders to help provide lift, used in parasailing.
  • paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
  • patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
  • pelagianism — a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
  • persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
  • pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
  • pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
  • plasminogen — the blood substance that when activated forms plasmin.
  • postlanding — occurring after a landing (of an aircraft, shuttle, etc)
  • postulating — to ask, demand, or claim.
  • postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
  • prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • prostrating — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
  • protagonism — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
  • protagonist — the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
  • rising damp — moisture problem affecting walls
  • safekeeping — the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • sailplaning — the sport of flying sailplanes
  • salpingitis — inflammation of a salpinx.
  • saprolegnia — a variety of fungus
  • singaporean — an island on the Strait of Singapore, off the S tip of the Malay Peninsula.
  • single tape — a ribbon of material, usually with a plastic base, coated on one side (single tape) or both sides (double tape) with a substance containing iron oxide, to make it sensitive to impulses from an electromagnet: used to record sound, images, data, etc.
  • siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
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