10-letter words containing g, e, o, p
- morphogeny — a biological term denoting the origin and development of morphological forms
- mugho pine — a prostrate, shrubby pine, Pinus mugo mugo, native to Europe, cultivated as an ornamental.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- negentropy — The entropy that a living thing exports to keep its own entropy low.
- negrophile — a white or other nonblack person who is especially sympathetic to or supportive of black people.
- negrophobe — a person who strongly fears or dislikes black people.
- negroponte — Euboea.
- nephograph — an instrument for photographing clouds
- nephrology — the branch of medical science that deals with the kidney.
- newsgroups — Plural form of newsgroup.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- oesophagus — (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.
- oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
- oleographs — Plural form of oleograph.
- one-upping — to get the better of; succeed in being a point, move, step, etc., ahead of (someone): They one-upped the competition.
- op-ed page — a newspaper page devoted to signed articles by commentators, essayists, humorists, etc., of varying viewpoints: the Op-Ed of today's New York Times.
- opalescing — Present participle of opalesce.
- open group — The Open Group
- open sight — (on a firearm) a rear sight consisting of a notch across which the gunner aligns the front sight on the target.
- opera-goer — someone who attends operas
- operagoers — Plural form of operagoer.
- operagoing — Attending opera performances.
- oppressing — to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- orange-tip — a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae
- organ pipe — one of the pipes of a pipe organ.
- orphanages — Plural form of orphanage.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- page proof — a trial proof printed from type that has been made up in page form, usually after galley corrections have been made, but before plates are made. Compare proof (def 12).
- palaeogaea — the Old World as a biological region
- palaeogene — of or formed in the Palaeocene, Eocene, and Oligocene epochs
- palaeology — the study of prehistory
- palagonite — a yellow basaltic glass
- palm grove — small forest of palm trees
- paper gold — special drawing rights.
- paragonite — a mica, similar in composition and appearance to muscovite but containing sodium instead of potassium.
- paralogize — to draw conclusions that do not follow logically from a given set of assumptions.
- paregmenon — the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”.
- party-goer — A party-goer is someone who likes going to parties or someone who is at a particular party.
- patent log — any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship by means of a vaned rotor streamed at the end of a log line upon which it exerts a torsion transmitted to a registering device on board.
- pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- peacocking — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- pearmonger — a seller of pears
- pectinogen — protopectin.
- pedagogics — the science or art of teaching or education; pedagogy.
- pedagogism — the principles, manner, method, or characteristics of pedagogues.
- pedologist — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- peer group — a group of people, usually of similar age, background, and social status, with whom a person associates and who are likely to influence the person's beliefs and behavior.
- pelargonic — of or derived from a pelargonium or pelargonic acid.
- pellagrous — a disease caused by a deficiency of niacin in the diet, characterized by skin changes, severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea.