10-letter words containing a, g, p, i, s
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pelagius i — died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- petrissage — a massage technique that uses firm pressure and works on specific muscles
- phalangist — a member of a Lebanese Christian paramilitary organization founded in 1936 and originally based on similar ideas to the fascist Falange in Spain
- phlegmasia — a condition characterized by swelling, pain, and redness
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- piatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- pier glass — a tall mirror, often full-length, intended to be set between windows.
- pig island — New Zealand
- pig's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- pit sawing — a method of sawing logs or timbers, as into boards, in which the piece to be cut is laid horizontally across a pit and cut by a saw operated vertically by two people, one above and one in the pit below the piece.
- plagiarise — to take and use by plagiarism.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plagiarist — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- plain-song — the unisonous vocal music used in the Christian church from the earliest times.
- plastering — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- podcasting — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- poison gas — any of various toxic gases, especially those used in chemical warfare to kill or incapacitate on inhalation or contact, as phosgene, chlorine, etc.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- postmating — of or designating the period after mating
- practising — habitual or customary performance; operation: office practice.
- pragmatics — pragmatic sanction.
- pragmatism — character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
- pragmatist — a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.
- praisingly — in a praising manner; with praise
- preachings — the act or practice of a person who preaches.
- preleasing — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- purchasing — buying
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- pyatigorsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in Caucasia.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- salpingian — a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
- sampaguita — (in the Philippines) an Arabian jasmine.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scalloping — any of the bivalve mollusks of the genus Argopecten (Pecten) and related genera that swim by rapidly clapping the fluted shell valves together.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- sea pigeon — the common black guillemot, Cepphus grylle.
- seakeeping — the ability of a vessel to endure rough conditions at sea and navigate safely during long storms.
- septuagint — the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament, traditionally said to have been translated by 70 or 72 Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II: most scholars believe that only the Pentateuch was completed in the early part of the 3rd century b.c. and that the remaining books were translated in the next two centuries.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- shaganappi — thongs, straps, or lacings made of rawhide.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed