11-letter words containing s, p, o, n, g
- in progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
- interposing — Present participle of interpose.
- iron sponge — sponge iron.
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- 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.
- 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.
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- neopaganism — a 20th-century revival of interest in the worship of nature, fertility, etc., as represented by various deities.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nonplussing — Present participle of nonplus.
- nonspeaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- nonsporting — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- open string — a staircase string whose top follows the profile of the steps in such a way that the treads project beyond its outer face.
- openinsight — (programming, database) The workflow-enabled Windows 95/Windows NT version of Advanced Revelation, featuring native support for Lotus Notes, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and ODBC. OpenInsight is available from Revelation Software.
- outpourings — Plural form of outpouring.
- outsleeping — Present participle of outsleep.
- outspanning — Present participle of outspan.
- outspeeding — Present participle of outspeed.
- panglossian — characterized by or given to extreme optimism, especially in the face of unrelieved hardship or adversity.
- pantologist — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- patronising — to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
- patter song — a comic song depending for its humorous effect on rapid enunciation of the words, occurring most commonly in comic opera and operetta.
- pedogenesis — the process of soil formation.
- pentagonese — a style of language characterized by the use of euphemisms, technical jargon, acronyms, and circumlocutions, used especially by people working in the U.S. military establishment.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- physiognomy — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- pigeon post — the use of homing pigeons to carry messages
- 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.
- 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.
- polygenesis — origin from more than one ancestral species or line.
- 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.
- postediting — the act of editing after a piece of writing has been produced or printed by a machine
- 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
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- precognosce — to conduct a preliminary examination of (a witness, a claim) prior to a trial
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- progestogen — progestin.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.