10-letter words containing a, i, r, p, s, g
- 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's ears — either of two common edible North American fungi, Peziza badia and Discina perlata.
- 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.
- 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.
- polarising — to cause polarization in.
- 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.
- 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.
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- sparganium — a marsh plant
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- spiralling — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirograph — an instrument for recording respiratory movements.
- sporangium — the case or sac in which spores are produced.
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.
- springhaas — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhalt — stringhalt.
- springhare — a leaping and burrowing rodent, Pedetes capensis, native to southern Africa, having kangaroolike legs and long, pointed ears.
- springhead — a spring or fountainhead from which a stream flows.
- springtail — any of numerous minute, wingless primitive insects of the order Collembola, most possessing a special abdominal appendage for jumping that allows for the nearly perpetual springing pattern characteristic of the group.
- sugar pine — a tall pine, Pinus lambertiana, of California, Oregon, etc., having cones 20 inches (51 cm) long.
- supergiant — Astronomy. supergiant star.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- surpassing — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- trapessing — to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.
- unaspiring — lacking ambition or aspiration
- unsparring — direct or forceful
- wingspread — the distance between the most outward tips of the wings when they are as extended as possible.