10-letter words containing g, a, p, e, s
- 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.
- plaguesome — vexatious or troublesome.
- plasmagene — a self-replicating genetic particle postulated to be in the cytoplasm of a cell, as in mitochondria.
- 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.
- plastogene — a separate genetic particle associated with, and influencing the activity of, the plastids
- plateglass — designating a kind of glass used for windows
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- please god — You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have.
- pleasuring — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- plexiglass — a material very similar to Plexiglas
- 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.
- press-gang — to force (a person) into military or naval service.
- prestorage — occurring before storage
- propagates — to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- pseudimago — (of insects) a form similar to the adult, but which is not a true adult
- purgatives — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- rangership — the office or position of a ranger
- rephrasing — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- repoussage — the art or process of working in repoussé.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- saprogenic — producing putrefaction or decay, as certain bacteria.
- scampering — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scapegrace — a complete rogue or rascal; a habitually unscrupulous person; scamp.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- 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.
- sharpening — the act of making the edge of something very thin or of making its end pointed
- slip gauge — a very accurately ground block of hardened steel used to measure a gap with close accuracy: used mainly in tool-making and inspection
- snmp agent — (networking) A software process that responds to queries using the Simple Network Management Protocol to provide status and statistics about a network node.
- spattering — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- spectating — to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- spent gnat — an angler's name for the spinner of various mayflies, esp Ephemeris danica and E. vulgata, particularly when lying spent on the water surface after mating and egg-laying
- sphenogram — a cuneiform character.
- spindleage — total number or capacity of spindles in a mill, area, etc.
- spinigrade — a type of spiny echinoderm
- split page — (in a newspaper) a page replacing one of an earlier edition and containing chiefly the same material in altered form.
- sponge bag — a small, usually waterproof, case for carrying toilet articles.
- spongeable — able to be cleaned with a sponge
- spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
- spongeware — earthenware decorated with color applied with a sponge.
- spreaghery — the activity or crime of raiding cattle
- springdale — a city in NW Arkansas.