10-letter words containing a, p, r, o, g
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- 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.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- 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.
- dollar gap — the difference, measured in U.S. dollars, between the earnings of a foreign country through sales and investments in the U.S. and the payments made by that country to the U.S.
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- ergophobia — An irrational fear of work.
- expurgator — One who expurgates.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- forage cap — (formerly) a small, low, undress cap.
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- gamotropic — of or relating to gamotropism
- gasparovic — Ivan. born 1941, Slovakian politician, president of Slovakia (2004–14)
- gasteropod — Gastropod.
- gastro-pub — A gastro-pub is a pub that serves very good food.
- gastropods — Plural form of gastropod.
- gastroporn — the representation of food in a highly sensual manner
- gastropubs — Plural form of gastropub.
- gastrosoph — a person skilled in the art of good eating
- geographer — a person who specializes in geographical research, delineation, and study.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- germaphobe — One who suffers from germaphobia.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- goa powder — a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin.
- goalkeeper — (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- gramophony — the art, technique, or practice of recording sound on disc
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- graphalloy — a compound of graphite impregnated with Babbitt metal, bronze, copper, gold, etc., used as a low-friction material.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- green soap — a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.
- ground pea — peanut.
- groupmates — Plural form of groupmate.
- grow apart — friends: become less intimate