11-letter words containing u, p, g, r
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- passthrough — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- paumgartner — Bernhard [bern-hahrt] /ˈbɛrn hɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist.
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- persian rug — an Oriental rug made in Persia (Iran), having rich, soft colors in any of various intricate, often floral, patterns
- 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
- pirouetting — a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- 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.
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- pore fungus — any fungus of the families Boletacea and Polyporaceae, bearing spores in tubes or pores.
- porriginous — pertaining to or designating porrigo
- posturizing — to posture; pose.
- pouring box — tundish (def 2).
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- pre-funding — a supply of money or pecuniary resources, as for some purpose: a fund for his education; a retirement fund.
- prejudgment — to judge beforehand.
- prejudicing — any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
- 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.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- pricing gun — A pricing gun is a hand-held device used in stores for fixing a price label to a product.
- progeniture — procreation
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- protogynous — of or relating to a flower in which the shedding of pollen occurs after the stigma has stopped being receptive; having female sex organs maturing before the male.
- pruriginous — of, relating to, or causing prurigo.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purgatorian — a person who believes in purgatory
- purging nut — physic nut.
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- put through — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
- rap jumping — the sport of descending high buildings, attached to ropes and a pulley
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy