10-letter words containing a, p, g, o
- azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
- bargepoles — Plural form of bargepole.
- barographs — Plural form of barograph.
- beg-pardon — an expression of apology (used especially in the phrase with no beg-pardons).
- biographee — a person whose biography has been written
- biographer — Someone's biographer is a person who writes an account of their life.
- biographic — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bump along — advance unevenly
- cacography — bad handwriting
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- caponizing — Present participle of caponize.
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carpooling — Present participle of carpool.
- cartograph — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- champignon — any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chirograph — an indenture
- chorograph — An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- compacting — Present participle of compact.
- companding — a process in which the dynamic range of a signal is reduced for recording purposes and then expanded to its original value for reproduction or playback.
- companying — Present participle of company.
- compassing — Present participle of compass.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- coping saw — a handsaw with a U-shaped frame used for cutting curves in a material too thick for a fret saw
- copper age — a phase in some human cultures between a Stone Age and a Bronze Age, characterized by the introduction and development of copper tools and weapons: in the Old World this phase is commonly thought of as being part of their Bronze Age
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dittograph — an instance of dittography; a passage containing reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
- dog paddle — a simple swimming stroke in which the body is kept nearly upright, the arms paddle, and the legs move up and down as in running
- dog-paddle — to swim or keep afloat by use of the dog paddle.