11-letter words containing t, g, r
- peregrinate — to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot.
- peregrinity — foreignness; strangeness; the quality of being peregrine
- perfect gas — ideal gas.
- perigastric — located near or around the gastric system (predominantly the stomach)
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- pettifogger — a lawyer of inferior status who conducts unimportant cases, esp one who is unscrupulous or resorts to trickery
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- photography — the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.
- phytography — the branch of botany dealing with the description of plants.
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
- picturising — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- pietersburg — capital of Northern Transvaal province, South Africa: pop. 26,000
- pignoration — the act or process of pledging or pawning
- pinstriping — a design, as on a fabric or surface, consisting of pinstripes: There's a surcharge if the car has pinstriping.
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- 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.
- planet gear — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- plantigrade — walking on the whole sole of the foot, as humans, and bears.
- platforming — a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- playwriting — the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.
- point group — a class of crystals determined by a combination of their symmetry elements, all crystals left unchanged by a given set of symmetry elements being placed in the same class.
- point guard — Basketball. the guard who directs the team's offense from the point.
- poll rating — a measurement of a politician's popularity among the electorate, obtained by canvassing a representative sample of people
- poltergeist — a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.
- pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
- port gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- port orange — a city in E Florida.
- port-gentil — a seaport in W Gabon.
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- pragmatical — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- pragmatizer — someone who pragmatizes
- pre-testing — an advance or preliminary testing or trial, as of a new product.
- predigested — to treat (food) by an artificial process analogous to digestion so that, when taken into the body, it is more easily digestible.
- preemergent — of or relating to seedlings before they emerge or appear above ground: a preemergent weed-killer.
- preexisting — to exist beforehand.
- pregenerate — to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- preignition — ignition of the charge in an internal-combustion engine earlier in the cycle than is compatible with proper operation.
- prejudgment — to judge beforehand.
- prendergast — Maurice Brazil [braz-uh l] /ˈbræz əl/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, U.S. painter.
- preregister — to register in advance
- prerogative — an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like: the prerogatives of a senator.
- 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.